Carbon

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate she has made of the loss of carbon from soils since 1980; what she estimates the loss from this source will be in 2005; and if she will make a statement.

Elliot Morley: Based on soil carbon measurements carried out in England and Wales between 1978 and 2002, we estimate that on average 4.4 million tonnes of carbon has been lost from the top 15 cm of soil each year. The rate of loss in 2005 is likely to be at about the same level. The actual amounts will vary between soil types and land management practices, and recent evidence suggests that carbon is increasing in some soils. The cause of this loss, and whether carbon has been lost to the atmosphere or dissolved in water and incorporated in other sediments, or transported to lower depths, is not yet fully understood and Defra has therefore commissioned further research.
	We have introduced a number of soil protection measures that will help to conserve soil carbon. The reformed Common Agriculture Policy requires all farmers in receipt of the single payment to take measures to protect their soil from erosion, organic matter decline and structural damage. Further incentives for good soil/land management are available under the Environmental Stewardship scheme. We are also planning further soil monitoring to estimate soil carbon levels.

Carbon

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much carbon was produced per person in (a) the UK and (b) each EU country in (i) 2003 and (ii) 2004.

Elliot Morley: The information requested is shown in the following table. Data for EU countries for 2004 are not yet available.
	
		Carbon dioxide emissions per person for EU countries
		
			  Tonnes per person 
		
		
			 (a) United Kingdom 2003 2004(7) 
			 Including LUCF(8) 2.63 2.65 
			 Excluding LUCF 2.56  
			
			 (b) EU (excluding LUCF) 2003 2004 
			 Austria 2.6  
			 Belgium 3.3  
			 Cyprus 2.7  
			 Czech Republic 3.4  
			 Denmark 3.0  
			 Estonia 3.8  
			 Finland 3.8  
			 France 1.9  
			 Germany 2.9  
			 Greece 2.7  
			 Hungary 1.6  
			 Ireland 3.1  
			 Italy 2.3  
			 Latvia 0.9  
			 Lithuania 1.0  
			 Luxembourg 6.5  
			 Malta(9) 1.7  
			 Netherlands 3.0  
			 Poland(9) 2.3  
			 Portugal 1.7  
			 Slovakia 2.2  
			 Slovenia 2.2  
			 Spain 2.2  
			 Sweden 1.7  
			 UK 2.6  
			
			 Average for EU25 2.4  
		
	
	(7) Provisional estimate will be subject to revision when final estimates are published in 2006.
	(8) Including the effects of land use change and forestry (LUCF) resulting in either a small uptake or loss of carbon dioxide from soil and atmosphere.
	(9) Values derived by the European Environment Agency from a gap-filling exercise.
	Notes:
	1. EU Emission data taken from Annual European Community greenhouse gas inventory 1990–2003 and inventory report 2005 (EEA, 2005).
	2. Provisional 2004 UK data taken from e-Digest of Environmental Statistics http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/statistics/index.htm
	3. Population data taken from Eurostat Yearbook 2005.

Correspondence

Paul Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many letters to her Department from hon. Members in session (a) 2004–05 and (b) 2005–06 remain unanswered, broken down by those which are (i) one month old, (ii) two months old, (iii) three months old, (iv) four months old and (v) over six months old.

Jim Knight: We have no hon. Members letters outstanding that were received by the Department in 2004 or earlier.
	As at 10 October 2005, there are currently 396 unanswered hon. Members letters in the Department broken down as follows:
	(i) one month old = 283
	(ii) two months old = 53
	(iii) three months old = 43
	(iv) four months old = 16
	(v) over six months old = 1
	The Cabinet Office, on an annual basis, publishes a report to Parliament on the performance of Departments in replying to Members/Peers correspondence. The Report for 2004 was published on 6 April 2005, Official Report, columns 137–40WS.

Emissions Trading

Andrew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate she has made of the amount of greenhouse gases saved by the Government's emissions trading scheme in each year to date, broken down by region.

Elliot Morley: The UK Emissions Trading Scheme was launched in April 2002 and runs for five years. 31 Direct Participants (DPs) entered the Scheme by bidding annual, cumulative emissions reductions targets set against a 1998–2000 baseline. At the start of the Scheme the participants committed to deliver 3.96 million tonnes CO 2 equivalent (tCO 2 e) in emissions reductions by the end of the Scheme (2006). To date, DPs have exceeded targets, and the Scheme has delivered additional emissions reductions of 5.9 million tonnes CO 2 e. In addition, six leading companies restated their commitment to the Scheme in November 2004 by offering an additional 8.9 million tCO 2 e emissions reductions.
	Unfortunately, a regional breakdown of results is not available, as information is compiled on a participant basis, and many participants have a number of sites throughout the UK. In terms of the Scheme's annual progress, a reduction of 4.6 million tCO 2 e took place in 2002. Over the first two years (2002 and 2003) the Scheme delivered emissions reductions of almost 5.2 million tCO 2 e. Over the first three years (2002, 2003 and 2004), the Scheme delivered emissions reductions totalling 5.9 million tCO 2 e.

EU Committees

Angus Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many meetings of the (a) EU Standing Committee on agricultural research and (b) EU Community Committee on the farm accountancy data network are planned for the UK Presidency of the EU; who will be presiding over each meeting; what other UK representatives will be present; what provision is in place for representation of the devolved governments; and if she will make a statement.

Jim Knight: The EU Standing Committee on Agricultural Research will meet once during the current UK Presidency of the EU. The European Commission provides the Chair for the Committee and it will be attended by DEFRA. My Department will consult the devolved Administrations before the meeting and they are also invited to attend.
	The EU Community Committee for the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) will also meet once during the UK Presidency. This will be chaired by the European Commission. As in previous meetings, there will be two UK representatives, this time from DEFRA and DARDNI.

Imports

Paul Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate she has made of the proportion of (a) organic foods, (b) drinking water, (c) parsnips and (d) yoghurt consumed in the UK which is imported.

Jim Knight: Estimates are as follows:
	(a) For organic foods it is estimated that about 38 per cent. of the types that can be grown in the UK are imported 1 .
	(b) In the year from April 2003 to March 2004 about 71 per cent. of the 876 million litres of mineral water purchased by members of households in the UK was imported 2 .
	(c) Imports of parsnips are negligible, so nearly all parsnips consumed in the UK are of UK origin. In 2004 UK production of parsnips was 91 thousand tonnes 3 .
	(d) In 2004 about 56 per cent. of the 480 thousand tonnes of yoghurt available for use in the UK was imported 3 .
	1 Source:
	Soil Association Organic Food and Farming Report 2004.
	2 Source: 
	Expenditure and Food Survey 2003–04 and HM Revenue and Customs.
	3 Source: 
	Defra estimates of production and HM Revenue and Customs.

Plant Varieties

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will require plant variety officers to maintain open lists of protected varieties under their marketing names.

Ben Bradshaw: The publication "Plant Varieties and Seeds Gazette" includes lists of protected varieties under their approved names. An approved name is required by the plant breeders' rights regulations, but it is a decision for the holder of plant breeders' rights whether or not to give a marketing name to the protected variety in addition to this.

Plant Varieties

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will take steps to amend the labelling of plants covered by plant breeders' rights to prevent plants whose propagation for sale is prohibited being labelled as propagation illegal.

Ben Bradshaw: UK plant breeders' rights are governed by the Plant Varieties Act 1997. While offering protection against unauthorised commercial propagation, plant breeders' rights do not prevent propagation for private and non-commercial purposes. At present we are not proposing to introduce any specific labelling requirements in this respect in relation to plant breeders' rights.

Environmental Sustainability

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what targets he has set for improving energy efficiency in his Department; and what measures are in place to achieve these targets.

Charles Clarke: The Home Office is committed to making best efforts to achieve the Framework for Sustainable Development on the Government Estate energy targets; namely to reduce absolute carbon, from fuel and electricity used in buildings on our estate, by 12.5 per cent. by 2010–11, relative to 1999–2000 and to increase the energy efficiency of the buildings on our estate, measured in terms of kWh of fuel and electricity use per square metre of buildings floor area by 15 per cent. over the same period.
	In order to meet these targets the Department is benchmarking key office sites in order to identify those buildings which are high energy users. We then propose to undertake energy surveys at those sites, which will form the basis of site-specific action plans.
	We will also incorporate energy management clauses within future contracts and include energy performance among the criteria for future site selection. The contract for the management of the new headquarters site at 2 Marsham Street requires our PFI partner to operate the building at 10 per cent. below the best practice benchmark contained in the Government's Energy Efficiency Best Practice Programme Energy Use in Offices Guide.
	The public sector Prison Service has an Energy Efficiency Action Plan. A benchmarking guide has been developed and the data used to help set carbon dioxide key performance indicators for each prison.
	The Prison Service was the first Government Department/Agency to be accredited under the National Energy Foundation's Scheme for energy efficiency and was re-accredited in 2003. It aims for reaccreditation every three years, which requires evidence of continuous progress.

Environmental Sustainability

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of electricity used by buildings in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have come from renewable sources in each year since 1997.

Charles Clarke: The proportion of electricity from renewable sources used by the Department is set out in the table. The figures for the Home Office include key sites on the Department's agency estates, except the Prison Service, whose figures are shown separately. Figures for the Department's individual agencies could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
	No renewable electricity was purchased in this Department prior to 2000 and no renewable electricity was purchased in the Prison Service prior to 2002–03. The Prison Service are evaluating the use of solar panels, wind turbines and Combined Heat and Power generation. The performance to date is against the targets set in the Framework for Sustainable Development on the Government Estate that Departments should source at least 10 per cent. electricity from renewable sources by 31 March 2008.
	
		Percentage renewable energy purchased
		
			  Home Office(10) Prison Service 
		
		
			 2000–01 10.5 — 
			 2001–02 49.9 — 
			 2002–03 68.9 5.3 
			 2003–04 67.8 6.6 
			 2004–05 70.8 6.5 
		
	
	(10) These figures relate to key buildings only.

Identity Cards

Alistair Carmichael: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions he has had with representatives of people with (a) facial disfigurements, (b) learning disabilities and (c) other vulnerable groups on the implications of the identity card scheme.

Andy Burnham: The identity cards team has had discussions with a number of organisations representing disabled and vulnerable people. During the consultation on the draft Identity Cards Bill in 2004, letters and copies of the consultation document were sent out to the following organisations;:
	Disability Rights Commission
	British Deaf Association
	British Institute for Learning Disabilities
	MIND
	Disabled Drivers Association
	RNIB
	RNID
	Equal Opportunities Commission
	British Council of Disabled People
	Officials gave a presentation to the RNIB as they were the only group to accept the offer of a meeting with members of the programme team. However, written responses were received from Helping Charities, Helping People (HPHC) and Rethink among others. Changing Faces, a charity that works with people of all ages who are disfigured in any way by birthmarks, cleft lips, burns, facial cancer and palsy, also took part in the consultation exercise on the draft Bill.
	Members of the identity cards team attended a consultation event in July 2004, the aim of the event being to examine the legislation on identity cards and to receive feedback from the public and private sector. A number of organisations representing disabled people attended this event including; the Wheelchair User community, the deaf community, Kaleidoscope and the blind community.
	Recently, members of the programme team have met the National Housing Federation which represents various housing associations. The ID cards team have also recently met the RNIB on two different occasions.
	We have included a very wide range of disabilities in the United Kingdom Passport Service Biometrics trial, which tested the enrolment of 750 people with varied disabilities. Disability Matters Ltd, which was engaged to oversee this part of the trial commented:
	"The biometrics trial has taken comprehensive consideration of the needs of the disabled community by encompassing a pan-impairment approach. We have been impressed by the way that disabled people have been actively involved in this project".
	The ID cards programme is in the process of establishing a forum to ensure that all special interest groups are consulted on developments in the ID card scheme, and have regular opportunities to express issues and concerns.

Indefinite Leave to Remain

Andrew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications by post using form SET(M) for indefinite leave to remain as a spouse or unmarried partner of a person settled in the UK were refused in the year to 15 September on the grounds that the application was made more than 28 days before the completion of two years' stay in the relevant category.

Tony McNulty: holding answer 17 October 2005
	Approximately 150 customers were refused Indefinite Leave to Remain between the 16 September 2004 and 30 June 2005 on the basis that he or she had made a premature application as the spouse of someone settled in the United Kingdom.
	This information has not been quality assured and is not a National Statistic. It should be treated as provisional management information.

Police

Sadiq Khan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many ethnic minority police officers there are in (a) Wandsworth and (b) other London boroughs, broken down by (i) rank, (ii) year joined, (iii) gender and (iv) faith.

Hazel Blears: The information requested is not collected centrally. A breakdown of ethnic police officers by rank and gender is available at police force level only. These figures can be found in Home Office Statistical Bulletin number 12/05, "Police Service Strength England and Wales, 31 March 2005" available on the RDS website: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/index.htm
	Available data for London boroughs are for total police strength only with no further breakdown.

Police

Andrew Pelling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to ensure that police community consultative groups are independent and effective critical friends of police services.

Hazel Blears: Section 96 of the Police Act 1996 places a duty on police authorities to make arrangements for obtaining the views of people in the force area about matters concerning the policing of the area. The Act does not specify that this duty should be fulfilled through the establishment of Police Community Consultative Groups which have no formal status in statute. The White Paper 'Building Communities, Beating Crime—A better police service for the 21st century' sets out the Government's proposals for the police and their partners to engage more effectively with local communities. Moving beyond reliance on public meetings as a sole form of engagement is a key aim of the Government's reforms.

Road Safety

Andrew Robathan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreign nationals have been extradited for driving without due care and attention in each of the last 10 years.

Paul Goggins: None. With a maximum sentence of six months, the specific offence of "driving without due care and attention" is not an offence for which extradition can be granted. The threshold for such offences is a maximum sentence of at least 12 months.

Terrorism Act

Sadiq Khan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many instances of stop and search there have been under section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000, broken down by (a) city, (b) year, (c) gender, (d) ethnicity and (e) religion.

Hazel Blears: Statistics on stop and search are available in two annual publications that can be accessed on the Research, Development and Statistics page of the Home Office website.
	The Home Office Statistical Bulletin: 'Arrests for Notifiable Offences and the Operation of Certain Police Powers under PACE; England and Wales,' details stop-searches under the Terrorism Act 2000, by police force over financial years. The bulletin also shows subsequent arrests.
	The document 'Publications under Section 95 of the Criminal Justice Act; Statistics on Race and the Criminal Justice System' details stop-searches under the Terrorism Act 2000 by ethnicity. Figures are collated by police force over financial years and they also show subsequent arrests under the Terrorism Act and other legislation.
	The statistics available show the number of stop-searches and the number of resulting arrests under both the Terrorism Act and other legislation by financial year and ethnicity. However, no details of resulting charges or prosecutions directly from Section 44 stop-searches, because the figures are not collated in this way. Gender and religion statistics for those stop-searched under the Terrorism Act 2000 are not recorded.

Council Tax

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what estimate he has made of the (a) money terms and (b) real terms percentage changes in (i) council tax and (ii) business rates in (A) England and (B) Great Britain between 1997–98 and 2005–06.

Phil Woolas: The requested information for England is tabled as follows. Figures for Scotland and Wales are a matter for the Scottish Executive and the Welsh Assembly Government respectively.
	
		
			  Average Band D council tax, 2 adults Net business rate yield 
			  Cash prices (£) 2005–06 prices(11) (£) Cash prices (£ million) 2005–06 prices(11) (£ million) 
		
		
			 1997–98 688 843 13,293 16,295 
			 2005–06 1,214 1,214 17,618 17,618 
			 Percentage change 76.5 43.9 32.5 8.1 
		
	
	(11) Adjusted using the All-items Retail Prices Index as at April.
	Source:
	BR returns (council tax); NNDR returns and central government information on central and crown lists (business rates)
	For council tax, it is usual to quote the average Band D figure for a 2-adult household when making comparisons over time. Average business rate figures are not routinely quoted, however, given the very wide variations in the rateable value of each property, and hence in the average rate bill. The business rate figures quoted in the table are therefore for the national yield.

Homelessness

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many homeless households with dependent children in all forms of temporary accommodation there have been in each year since 2000, broken down by Government region.

Yvette Cooper: Information reported each quarter by local authorities about their activities under homelessness legislation includes the number of households in temporary accommodation on the last day of the quarter and, since 2002, separately identifies those that include dependent children or a pregnant woman.
	The total number of households in temporary accommodation (as arranged by local authorities) as at 31 March in each year since 2000, and the number of these with dependent children or an expectant mother since 2002, in each region of England are presented in the following table. In January 2005 the Government announced in "Homes for All" its commitment to halve the number of all households in temporary accommodation by 2010.
	
		Households in temporary accommodation(12) arranged by local authorities, by Government office region
		
			  As at 31 March: 
			  2000 2001 2002 
			  All households All households All households Of which: with children 
		
		
			 North East 1,110 1,480 1,820 1,270 
			 North West 2,130 2,070 1,890 990 
			 Yorkshire and the Humber 1,400 2,700 1,830 870 
			 East Midlands 1,980 1,940 2,070 1,440 
			 West Midlands 2,060 2,070 1,840 1,030 
			 East of England 4,470 5,180 6,350 3,850 
			 London 37,640 42,620 46,390 33,010 
			 South East 9,680 11,560 12,230 8,320 
			 South West 4,790 5,600 5,790 3,860 
			 England 65,170 75,200 80,210 54,660 
		
	
	
		
			  As at 31 March: 
			  2003 2004 2005(13) 
			  All household of which with children All households of which with children All households of which: with children 
		
		
			 North East 440 220 1,020 350 910 520 
			 North West 2,500 1,330 2,960 1,450 3,000 1,900 
			 Yorkshire and the Humber 2,240 1,160 2,400 1,290 2,100 1,110 
			 East Midlands 2,420 1,750 2,820 2,090 3,030 2,250 
			 West Midlands 1,570 1,050 2,230 1,420 2,630 1,750 
			 East of England 7,630 4,870 8,220 5,650 8,250 5,480 
			 London 52,690 37,620 58,820 44,620 61,990 46,360 
			 South East 13,020 9,480 13,080 9,510 12,440 8,520 
			 South West 6,530 4,030 6,150 4,190 6,740 4,780 
			 England 89,040 61,510 97,680 70,580 101,070 72,670 
		
	
	(12) Households in accommodation arranged by local authorities pending inquiries or after being accepted as homeless under the 1996 Act (includes residual cases awaiting re-housing under the 1985 Act).
	(13) Provisional data
	Note:
	Totals may not equal the sum of components because of rounding.

Health Service Report

Julia Goldsworthy: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will publish the Strategy Unit Report on the structure of the Health Service.

John Hutton: The parts of the report "Health Strategy Review—Analytical Report" by the Strategy Unit that were eligible for disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (the entirety of phase 1 of the report) were published on 1 July 2005 and are available on the Strategy Unit website at www.strategy.gov.uk.

Taskforces

Norman Baker: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what statistics he has collated on the number of taskforces set up by Government Departments in each year since 1990.

John Hutton: The annual publication "Public Bodies", replaced in 2005 by an internet-accessible database, has recorded those taskforces, ad hoc advisory groups and reviews in existence as at 31 March each year since 2002. Before that four separate reports, published in January, July and December 2000 and October 2001, provided information on taskforces, ad hoc advisory groups and reviews in existence between 1 May 1997 and 31 March 2001. Prior to that no central statistics are available. Copies of all the reports, the "Public Bodies" publications and a database printout of the position at 31 March 2004 have been placed in the Library. A database printout of the position as at 31 March 2005 will be placed in the Library shortly.

Legislation (Programming)

Nicholas Winterton: To ask the Leader of the House if he will review the procedures for the programming of legislation.

Nigel Griffiths: My right hon. Friend has no plans to do so.
	It has not been that long since both the Modernisation Committee and the Procedure Committee looked at this subject. Following their reports, the House approved changes to the relevant Orders (including making them into permanent Standing Orders) in October 2004.

Business (e-Tabling)

Chris Bryant: To ask the Leader of the House if he will ask the Select Committee on the Modernisation of the House to consider the extension of e-tabling to early-day motions and other business of the House.

Geoff Hoon: I would be happy to receive representations on this matter. The more we do to facilitate the use of technology by Members, the better.
	The procedure for tabling questions has been fairly successful. I understand that around half of those who are eligible to table questions have registered for the new service, and that in recent months between one quarter and one third of questions have been tables in this way.

A27

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his timetable is for further consultation on road improvements to the A27 around Worthing.

Stephen Ladyman: The programme for the consultation on road improvements to the A27 around Worthing will need to be reviewed in the light of the advice from the region on priorities, which is expected early next year.

Free Travel

Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how the term "local" will be defined when free local bus travel for pensioners is introduced in April 2006.

Karen Buck: Local will be defined as within the boundary of the district or unitary council, or the passenger transport executives in metropolitan areas.

Management Consultants

Austin Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his Department's total spending on management consultants has been in each of the last three years.

Karen Buck: pursuant to my reply, 11 August 2005, Official Report, c. 2396W
	The revised figure for external consultants and advisers by the Department in the 2002–03 financial year is £227.5 million. A coding error led to a sum £65 million being erroneously included in my previous answer on this subject. The Department has now adjusted its systems to prevent this from happening again.

Management Consultants

Austin Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list management consultants employed by his Department in each of the last three years.

Karen Buck: pursuant to my reply, 18 August 2005, Official Report, c. 2852W
	A revised table has been placed in the Libraries of the House.

Motorways (Camera Surveillance)

Greg Knight: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many cameras are (a) in place and (b) planned for (i) the M42 motorway, (ii) other motorways in, near or around Birmingham and (iii) other motorways elsewhere in England and Wales; and what the total expected cost is in each case.

Stephen Ladyman: At the present time, there are 1,103 fixed cameras on the motorway network for operational management of traffic flow and incidents such as accidents, traffic and adverse weather conditions. These cameras have been deployed on the network over a 30 year period and it is therefore not possible to provide detailed cost information. Cameras on the motorway in Wales are the responsibility of the Welsh Assembly.
	Operational cameras on the network are used for traffic and incident management purposes such as comprehensive surveillance of accidents, traffic and weather conditions. They do not measure vehicle speed. The provision of surveillance cameras is controlled by Departmental Standards and they can only be used for the purposes described.
	On the M42 Junction 3a to Junction 7, cameras have been installed as part of the Active Traffic Management (ATM) pilot scheme designed to manage flows of traffic in the West Midlands. The ATM project includes the provision of 211 fixed operational cameras at a total cost of £1.25 million, together with eight fixed enforcement cameras at a total cost of £0.360 million. A further eight fixed operational cameras are planned on the ATM project by December 2006, at a total cost of £0.320 million.
	Current locations of fixed operational cameras on the network are as follows:
	75 per cent. on Orbital Motorways—Birmingham Box, M25, Manchester, Leeds and Dartford Crossing (comprehensive cover);
	25 per cent. on the rest of the network.
	On the M25 there are currently four enforcement cameras with a further eight planned later this year, following the completion of the M25 Junction 12 to Junction 15 widening scheme near Heathrow. Detailed cost information for the installed cameras is not available, but is estimated to be £0.180 million. There is a further enforcement camera in place on the M20 motorway in Kent although detailed cost information is not available.

Rail Services

Tim Yeo: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment his Department has made of the capacity of the Liverpool Street to Stansted rail line to cope with proposed additional runway capacity at Stansted airport.

Karen Buck: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I have given today (UIN 17487).

Road Safety Partnerships

David Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on his policy on ensuring the public accountability of road safety partnerships.

Stephen Ladyman: Safety camera partnerships are locally formed and are locally accountable to their partners' organisations, for example, local highway authorities and local police. Safety camera partnerships undertake or discharge some of the duties and/or powers of the partners. The public accountability of these partnerships is the same as it is for the partners.
	The Department sets the rules and guidance for the safety camera programme and ensures that partnerships adhere to these to enable them to remain within the programme. The rules and guidance do not affect the public accountability of partnerships.

Postal Voting

Richard Ottaway: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what her policy is on all postal vote elections.

Harriet Harman: We have no plans to change S. 10 Representation of the People Act which allows applications of all postal votes pilot.

Indonesia/Sri Lanka

Vincent Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much has been paid to the UK Government in official debt service by (a) Indonesia and (b) Sri Lanka in 2005; what the estimated payments obligation for (i) the remainder of 2005 and (ii) 2006 is; and how much relief has been given in each case.

Gareth Thomas: Following the December 2004 tsunami, the Paris Club of official (Government) creditors agreed a one year moratorium on payments on eligible loans held by Indonesia and Sri Lanka for 2005, to free up funds for post-tsunami reconstruction.
	The UK has no outstanding Paris Club debt from Sri Lanka, and therefore no debt covered by the moratorium. Paris Club debt owed to the UK by Indonesia has been included in the moratorium, with all payments due in 2005 deferred and rescheduled for payment over the following four years. The total amount due to the UK in 2005 was approximately £73 million; all of which has been deferred. Approximately £93 million will become due for payment in 2006.
	In addition to these Paris Club debts, there are small amounts of debt outstanding to the UK in the form of old CDC (formerly known as the Commonwealth Development Corporation) loans to Indonesia and credits made through the EU and World Bank to Indonesia and Sri Lanka. The CDC loans have been treated in the same way as the Paris Club loans as far as possible, while the credits made through the EU have only recently reverted to bilateral status and will also be treated in accordance with UK bilateral debt relief policies as soon as possible. This process is already under way, in co-ordination with the other EU donors and the World Bank. Payments on these loans made in 2005 and currently scheduled to fall due in 2006 are summarised in the following table:
	
		
			   £ million 
			  Indonesia Sri Lanka 
		
		
			 Payments received to date in 2005 0.02 0.02 
			 Remaining payments due in calendar  year 2005 0.01 0.02 
			 Payments due in calendar year 2006 1.96 0.04

Seaports (Gaza)

David Hamilton: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what financial assistance the UK is giving to seaports in Gaza.

Hilary Benn: The UK expressed support at the Gleneagles summit for James Wolfensohn, Quartet Special Envoy for Disengagement, to stimulate a global financial contribution of up to $3 billion per year over the coming three years. This funding will come from both public and private sources and will assist Palestinian economic regeneration following Israeli disengagement from Gaza and parts of the northern West Bank.
	Mr. Wolfensohn is working closely with the World Bank in supporting the Palestinian Authority to prepare a Medium Term Development Plan for presentation to donors in December 2005. This plan will reflect the six priority areas for joint working between Israelis and Palestinians already identified by Mr. Wolfensohn. These priorities include the construction of an airport and seaport for Gaza as part of the essential easing of current restrictions on the movement of goods and people.
	The UK Government are working closely with Mr. Wolfensohn and the Palestinian Authority to help ensure that our assistance is in line with the Medium Term Development Plan, its priorities and timescales. The current expectation is that most of our funding will be delivered in 2006 and beyond.

Cyprus

David Hamilton: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has discussed with the Turkish Government Turkey's position on recognition of Cyprus.

Douglas Alexander: I refer my hon. Friend to the observations on this issue made by my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary during his statement on Croatia and Turkey on 11 October 2005, Official Report, columns 157–59.

Sri Lanka

Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the Government of Sri Lanka on its proposals on the conversion of Buddhists to other religions; and if he will make a statement.

Kim Howells: I have not had any recent discussions with the Government of Sri Lanka on this subject. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is closely monitoring the introduction of legislation seeking to prevent "unethical conversions". Both the Government of Sri Lanka and the National Heritage Party (JHU) have published such legislation. However, the Government legislation has not been formally tabled in Parliament and the JHU legislation has made limited progress through the legislative process. On 4 October, the JHU called for the second reading of a separate Bill to amend the constitution by declaring Buddhism the state religion, but this debate was not heard.
	The British high commission in Sri Lanka maintains a regular dialogue on this subject with political leaders, religious groups and other diplomatic missions. Our view is that legislation in this area is inappropriate and that inter-community and inter-religious dialogue is the most constructive way to promote tolerance and co-operation. The British high commissioner in Colombo raised the issue when he met the Sri Lankan Prime Minister, Mahinda Rajapakse, on 20 September.

Sudan

Tony Baldry: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress has been made with deploying to Darfur the military personnel and civilian personnel authorised by the African Union Peace and Security Council on 28 April; whether he expects the African Union to meet its target deployment force by spring 2006; and what support is being provided by the United Nations Mission in Sudan to the African Union.

Ian Pearson: The African Union (AU) have deployed a total of 5,581 military and civilian personnel and 908 civilian police as part of the AU Mission in Sudan's (AMIS) current expansion to over 7,700 personnel. Under current planning, the AU expect to deploy this full force size by the end of October, although this date may be delayed due to other commitments in troop contributing countries, especially for civilian police.
	The United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) liaises closely with AMIS, through the AU Commission Chairperson's Special Representative in Sudan, meetings with the AU in Addis Ababa, through its constant presence and increasing joint activities on the ground in Darfur such as training in policing and operational planning. UNMIS has a liaison staff permanently deployed to the AMIS Headquarters in El Fasher to ensure this support is closely co-ordinated. Additionally, the UN Assistance Cell to the AU, based in Addis Ababa, helps support the AU in planning and providing technical advice for AMIS and works closely with other partners to facilitate the AU Commission's efforts to secure required resources and other support needs for AMIS.

Swaziland

Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the representations he has received on the withdrawal of the high commission in Swaziland.

Ian Pearson: My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary has had one letter from a noble Lord about the closure of the British high commission in Mbabane, Swaziland. We are now represented in Swaziland by an honorary consul in Mbabane. Our high commissioner in Pretoria, right hon. Paul Boateng, will be accredited as non-resident high commissioner to Swaziland.

Uganda

Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his policy is on the constitutional amendment presented to the Ugandan Parliament that would enable President Museveni to rule for life; and if he will make a statement.

Ian Pearson: The Ugandan Parliament voted on the third reading of the Constitutional Amendment Bill on 18 August. The vote was 222 in favour, 37 against and 2 abstentions. The Bill then received presidential assent on 26 September and is now in force. The Bill included a number of proposals, one of which was to lift the limit of two five year terms for any one President. The issue of lifting the limit on presidential tenure, like other proposed changes to the constitution, was for Ugandans to decide. Our concern was that any changes to the constitution should be made constitutionally and democratically and should carry the confidence of the Ugandan people.

Correspondence

Mike Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to the answer of 10 October 2005, ref 16862, if he will give a detailed breakdown of the responses he has received in terms of (a) letters, (b) emails, (c) postcards and (d) other from (i) members of the public, (ii) pressure groups, (iii) companies and (iv) others.

Gerry Sutcliffe: The Department currently handles around 50,000 letters a year and approximately 200,000 emails on a wide range of issues. Further breakdown in the form requested is not available.

National Minimum Wage

Edward Miliband: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many people in Doncaster, North constituency have received the national minimum wage since its introduction.

Gerry Sutcliffe: Reliable figures cannot be produced for the Doncaster, North constituency due to small sample size.
	The DTI estimates that around 130,000 people in the Yorkshire and Humber area stood to benefit from the introduction of the national minimum wage in October 1999.
	The DTI has estimated that around 140,000 people in the Yorkshire and Humber area would be covered by the October 2005 up-rating of the national minimum wage. The DTI has based the October 1999 estimate on the Office for National Statistics central estimate of low pay; the 2005 estimate is based on data from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2004.

Trading Standards

Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many trading standards investigations have been carried out in each London borough in the last year for which figures are available.

Gerry Sutcliffe: DTI does not collect specific information on the number of investigations undertaken by trading standards departments. However as part of the National Performance Framework for trading standards, we do ask that they tell us how many complaints from consumers they have dealt with and how many businesses were either inspected or given advice.
	The following data indicates trading standards activity across the 32 London boroughs during 2004–05—the latest year for which data is available.
	
		
			  Number of businesses visited or given advice Number of consumer complaints responded to 
		
		
			 Corporation of London (14)— (14)— 
			
			 Inner London   
			 Camden 300 1,200 
			 Greenwich 112 1,114 
			 Hackney (14)— (14)— 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham 194 1,067 
			 Islington 283 1,491 
			 Kensington and Chelsea 137 1,371 
			 Lambeth (14)— (14)— 
			 Lewisham 820 2,224 
			 Southwark n/a 3,000 
			 Tower Hamlets 61 3,001 
			 Wandsworth 620 2,449 
			 Westminster 1,046 3,026 
			
			 Outer London   
			 Barking and Dagenham (14)— (14)— 
			 Barnet (14)— (14)— 
			 Bexley 124 3,673 
			 Brent & Harrow 3,480 4,726 
			 Bromley 80 5,026 
			 Croydon 1,448 2,008 
			 Ealing 148 1,363 
			 Enfield 960 3,383 
			 Haringey 183 2,137 
			 Havering 1,254 402 
			 Hillingdon 506 3,480 
			 Hounslow (14)— (14)— 
			 Kingston-upon-Thames 822 792 
			 Merton 366 1,681 
			 Newham (14)— (14)— 
			 Redbridge (14)— (14)— 
			 Richmond-upon-Thames 902 3,067 
			 Sutton 346 3,414 
			 Waltham Forest 1,114 2,434 
		
	
	(14) No data available

African Peace-building

Diana Johnson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what role the Department is playing in strengthening African peace-building capabilities.

Adam Ingram: The Ministry of Defence contributes to the strengthening of African peace-building capabilities by training and advising various African armed forces in Peace Support operations.
	This is achieved in three ways. Firstly, through UK-based professional training of African officers. Secondly, through four permanently deployed teams training Africans for Peace Support operations, including specific pre-deployment training. These teams are the British Peace Support Team in Kenya, the British Peace Support Team in South Africa, the British Defence Assistance Team in Nigeria, the British Military Assistance and Advisory Team in Ghana and the UK element of the International Military and Advisory Team in Sierra Leone. Thirdly, through our direct support to international training centres in Africa. Examples are the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre in Ghana, the Peace Support Training Centre in Kenya, the Tactical Peace Support Training Centre in Bloemfontein, South Africa and the Jaji Peacekeeping Training Wing in Nigeria. Helping to build such training centres as well as training the trainers has a major multiplier effect.
	In addition to our network of Defence Attachés, around 120 British armed forces personnel are leased in Sub-Saharan Africa to assist in these tasks.

Departmental Priorities

Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his Department's highest priorities are for the next 12 months.

John Reid: The highest priorities for the Ministry of Defence are: continued success in our current operational areas and the modernisation of the UK's armed forces as set out in "Delivering Security in a Changing World, Future Capabilities" (Cm 6269).
	The Public Service Agreement for the Ministry of Defence sets out our specific objectives and performance targets and can be viewed at "2004 Spending Review: Public Service Agreements 2005–2008" (Cm 6238).

HMS Cygnet

Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence who the purchaser was of the Bird class patrol vessel HMS Cygnet, disposed of by his Department in 1996; and what broker was used in the transaction.

Adam Ingram: holding answer 17 October 2005
	The Ministry of Defence's Disposal Services Agency (DSA) sold the Bird class patrol vessel HMS Cygnet in 1996 to ASL Technics. It was a direct sale using competitive tender procedures.

Abortions

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many abortions were undertaken by (a) prostaglandins and (b) dilation and evacuation in the last period for which figures are available, broken down by weeks' gestation at which the procedure was undertaken.

Caroline Flint: This information is contained in table 8 of the Department's statistical bulletin 2005/11 "Abortion Statistics, England and Wales: 2004", which is available on the Department's website at:
	www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/4/ll/75/74/04117574.pdf.
	Copies are also available in the Library.

Abortions

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate her Department has made of the cost to the NHS of treating physical and psychological illness arising from termination of pregnancy in the last four years for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement.

Caroline Flint: The Department does not collect this information and no estimate of cost has been made.
	Abortion is a very safe procedure and complications are uncommon. The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' evidence-based clinical guideline, "The Care of Women Requesting Induced Abortion" states that any woman considering an abortion must have all the facts, including accurate information about possible complications, so that she can make an informed decision.

Abortions

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  how many women have had terminations beyond the 24 week time limit in each of the last five years;
	(2)  how many abortions were carried out in each of the last five years;
	(3)  how many abortions were performed on girls under the age of 16 years in each of the last five years.

Caroline Flint: The information, up to and including 2001 data, is contained in the annual Office for National Statistics publication, "Abortion Statistics", series AB; Office for National Statistics and, from 2002, Department of Health, Statistical Bulletins 2003/23, 2004/14, 2005/11; copies of which are available in the Library and on the Department's website at www.dh.gov.uk.

Ambulance Service

Lindsay Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what changes there have been since November 2003 in the information that is collected centrally by her Department on performance by ambulance trusts against response time targets; and if she will make it her policy to pass on parliamentary questions from hon. Members concerning the operation of ambulance trusts directly to those trusts in cases where her Department does not hold the information centrally.

Liam Byrne: holding answer 18 July 2005
	The only change made since November 2003 to the data collected is that, from 1 October 2004, information about category B and C emergency calls is collected separately; prior to this date category B and C calls were grouped together. This published information is used to form the basis of replies to hon. and right hon. Members' questions. We always try to be as helpful to Members as possible but, on occasions, this may mean indicating that information is not held centrally. It is always open to hon. and right hon. Members to pursue queries about individual organisations with those organisations themselves direct.

Clostridium Difficile

Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what action her Department is taking to reduce cases of Clostridium difficile within the North West London Hospitals Trust; and if she will make a statement.

Jane Kennedy: The Department has taken no action as this is a matter for the local national health service.
	However, action taken to counter the incidence of health care associated infections in general will help reduce all infections, including Clostridium difficile associated diarrhoea. Specific national initiatives for Clostridium difficile include reviewing the guidance on dealing with outbreaks and adding it to "Saving lives: a delivery programme to reduce healthcare associated infections including MRSA".

Emergency Contraception

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many prescriptions for emergency contraception were issued in the Southend primary care trust area in the last year for which figures are available.

Caroline Flint: During the financial year 2004–05, there were 618 prescriptions for emergency hormonal contraception written by general practitioners and nurse prescribers within primary care in Southend-on-Sea, excluding hospital clinics.
	Information about the number of prescriptions issued by family planning clinics managed by Southend-on-Sea primary care trust may be found in table 12 of "NHS Contraceptive Services, England: 2003–04", which is available in the Library and on the Department's website at www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/09/00/22/0409022.pdf. Data for 2004–05 will be published on 28 October.

Emergency Contraception

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many prescriptions of the morning-after pill there were in (a) Essex and (b) Bedford and Hertfordshire strategic health authority in the last 10 years for which figures are available, broken down by age of recipient.

Caroline Flint: The available information is shown in the tables.
	
		Number of prescriptions written for hormonal post-coital contraceptives by general practitioners and nurse prescribers(15)
		
			  Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire strategic health authority (SHA)  Essex SHA 
		
		
			 2001 13,725 12,702 
			 2002 12,361 11,678 
			 2003 11,622 10,998 
			 2004 10,448 10,408 
		
	
	(15) Data by age is not available
	
		Occasions on which hormonal post-coital contraceptives dispensed at family planning clinics
		
			  Bedfordshire and  Hertfordshire SHA Essex SHA 
			 Age 2002–03 2003–04 2002–03 2003–04 
		
		
			 under 15 71 88 311 218 
			 15 195 224 420 530 
			 16–19 1,238 1,429 2,144 2,161 
			 20–24 799 564 1,086 1,110 
			 25–34 418 321 544 465 
			 35 and over 130 85 189 162 
			 Total 2,851 2,711 4,694 4,646

Midwives/Nurses

John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans she has to give midwives more flexibility in how and when they work.

Liam Byrne: The "Improving Working Lives" standard makes it clear that every member of staff in the national health service, including midwives, is entitled to work in an organisation which demonstrates its commitment to more flexible working conditions. It is for employers and staff to agree on flexible working patterns that meet the needs of individuals, while continuing to ensure the delivery of high quality patient care. Further information is available from "Improving Working Lives in Midwifery: a guide for midwives and managers". A copy is available in the Library.

Trust Deficits

Nigel Waterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the financial deficits are in the (a) East Sussex Hospital Trust, (b) Eastbourne Downs Primary Care Trust and (c) East Sussex County Healthcare Trust; and what they were at the same point in the last financial year.

Caroline Flint: The latest year for which audited financial data is available is 2004–05. The table shows the 2003–04 and 2004–05 final outturn figures for East Sussex Hospital Trust, Eastbourne Downs Primary Care Trust (PCT), and East Sussex County Healthcare Trust.
	
		
			   £000 
			  Final outturn 
			 Organisation 2003–04 2004–05 
		
		
			 East Sussex Hospital Trust -1,787 -4,983 
			 Eastbourne Downs PCT -3,533 -964 
			 East Sussex County Healthcare Trust -1,025 9 
		
	
	Notes:
	1. 2004–05 Figures are provisional until signed off by the National Audit Office/chief executive.
	2. Final outturn is under or overspend against revenue resource limit for PCTs and surplus or deficit for NHS trusts.

Vaccines

Vincent Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children have been given (a) the single MMR vaccine and (b) the three separate vaccines in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

Caroline Flint: Information about the uptake of measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) immunisations and other childhood immunisations is published annually in the Department's statistical bulletins. The latest bulletin, "NHS Immunisation Statistics, England: 2004–05", is available in the Library and on the Department's website at:
	http://www.dh.gov.uk/PublicationsAndStatistics/Publications/PublicationsStatistics/PublicationsStatisticsArticle/fs/en? CONTENT_ID=4119649&chk=r6rlW4.
	Quarterly figures on MMR Uptake from April 2005 to June 2005 are available on the Health Protection Agency website at:
	http://www.hpa.org.uk/infections/topics_az/vaccination/cover_sha.htm.
	The Department does not routinely collect information on uptake of single vaccines.

Child Trust Fund Vouchers

Julie Morgan: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) £250 and (b) £500 child trust fund vouchers have been converted into accounts in (i) England and (ii) Wales.

Ivan Lewis: All children eligible for the child trust fund receive a £250 voucher. Children from low income families receive an additional £250 paid directly into their child trust fund account when the family's child tax credit award has been finalised. Information on the number of child trust fund vouchers issued and the number of accounts opened, including the latest data as at 31 August, is published quarterly on the HMRC website at:
	http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/child_trust_funds/child-trust-funds.htm
	Data at a sub-UK level would be available only at disproportionate cost.

Correspondence

Graham Allen: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make it his Department's policy to copy hon. Members in on correspondence arising from an intervention by hon. Members on behalf of their constituents.

Dawn Primarolo: It is the usual practice of Treasury Ministers and their officials to copy to hon. Members correspondence relating to their constituencies and their constituents. Where it is appropriate to do so, the letters concerned are also deposited in the Library of the House,
	Following the debate on tax credits which the hon. Gentleman secured on 7 June in Westminster Hall, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) wrote to a number of individuals whose cases had been raised in the House. Those letters should have been copied to the hon. Members concerned, including the hon. Gentleman. I understand that they were not. I apologise for this oversight on the part of HMRC.

Departmental Rebranding

Vincent Cable: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much has been spent on rebranding in (a) his Department and (b) related agencies in each of the last five years.

John Healey: For the Treasury and National Savings and Investments, I refer respectively to the answers given by the then Financial Secretary (Ruth Kelly) to the hon. Member for Yeovil (Mr. Laws) on 12 February 2004, Official Report, column 1553W, and to the hon. Member for Buckingham (John Bercow) on 26 February 2002, Official Report, column 1209W. Neither the Treasury nor NS&I has incurred any expenditure on rebranding in the intervening years. For the Chancellor's other departments and their agencies, the figures are set out in the following table.
	
		
			  £000 
			  2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 
		
		
			 HM Revenue and Customs (16)— 1,096 749 481 501 
			 Office for National Statistics nil nil nil 122 53 
			 Royal Mint nil nil nil nil 10 
			 Government Actuary's Department nil 33 nil nil nil 
			 Valuation Office Agency nil nil nil nil nil 
			 Debt Management Office nil nil nil nil nil 
			 Office of Government Commerce nil nil nil 15 nil 
			 OGCbuying.solutions (17)— nil nil nil 102 
		
	
	(16) Branding spend for HM Revenue and Customs prior to 2001–02 could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
	(17) OGCbuying.solutions only came into existence in 2001.

Earnings Statistics

David Laws: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of (i) women and (ii) men in work who had earnings below the lower earnings limit in each year since 1992–93.

Dawn Primarolo: The number and proportions of individuals earning below the lower earnings limit is provided in the table.
	
		
			
			  Weekly lower earnings limit (£) Total (thousand) Males (thousand) Females (thousand) Percentage of males earning below the lower earning limit(18) Percentage of females earning below the lower earning limit(19) 
		
		
			 1994–95 57 398 76 322 0.7 3.1 
			 1995–96 58 391 76 315 0.7 2.9 
			 1996–97 61 459 101 358 0.9 3.3 
			 1997–98 62 841 180 661 1.5 6.0 
			 1998–99 64 801 173 628 1.4 5.6 
			 1999–2000 66 745 153 591 1.3 5.2 
			 2000–01 67 693 153 540 1.2 4.6 
			 2001–02 72 641 147 494 1.2 4.2 
			 2002–03 75 668 161 507 1.3 4.3 
			 2003–04 77 624 158 466 1.3 3.9 
			 2004–05 79 581 139 442 1.1 3.7 
		
	
	(18) The number of males earning below the lower earning limit as a percentage of all male employees.
	(19) The number of females earning below the lower earning limit as a percentage of all female employees.
	Estimates in the table have been provided by the office for National Statistics and UK estimates prior to 1994 are not available.
	The significant increase in the 1997–98 estimates is due to improvements in data sampling. Since spring 1997 questions on earnings in the LFS are asked of respondents receiving their first and fifth (final) interviews. Prior to this they were only asked of people in their fifth interview.
	The estimates are based on gross weekly earnings in the main job reported in the labour force survey. Figures represent a snapshot and are seasonally unadjusted—individuals' earnings may vary during the year.

Financial Services Authority

Gregory Barker: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total amount of money spent on entertainment at the Financial Services Authority has been in each year since 1997.

Ivan Lewis: This is a matter for the FSA. I understand that the Chairman will be writing to the hon. Member.

IT Projects (Gateway Reviews)

Vincent Cable: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the Government's plan for publishing Gateway reviews on IT projects.

John Healey: The Government have no plans for publishing Gateway reviews on IT projects. However, it does not operate a "blanket" exemption for Gateway information. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 each request for information is considered on a case-by-case basis and the public interest test is carefully considered in each case.

Lung Cancer

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many deaths there have been from lung cancer in each year since 1997, broken down by gender.

John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the national statistician who has been asked to reply.
	Letter from Karen Dunnell to Mr. Andrew Lansley, dated 18 October 2005
	As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many deaths there have been from lung cancer in each year since 1997, broken down by gender.
	The latest year for which data are available is 2003. Figures for lung cancer for males and females are shown in the table below for each year from 1997 to 2003.
	
		Number of deaths from lung cancer(20), by sex, England and Wales, 1997 to 2003(21)
		
			 Calendar year Male Female 
		
		
			 1997 19,087 10,889 
			 1998 19,036 11,163 
			 1999 18,342 11,151 
			 2000 17,993 11,036 
			 2001(22) 17,579 11,149 
			 2002(22) 17,447 11,359 
			 2003(22) 17,155 11,610 
		
	
	(20) The cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) for the years 1997 to 2000, and the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) for2001 onwards. The codes used are listed:
	Malignant neoplasm of trachea, bronchus and lung—ICD-9 162; ICD-10 C33-C34;
	(21) Figures are based on deaths occurring in each calendar year.
	(22) The introduction of ICD-10 for coding cause of death in 2001 means that data for lung cancer are not completely comparable with data for years before this date. The data should therefore be interpreted with caution. The effect of the change in classification in 2001 on deaths from cancer by site is described in an article published in August 2004.(23)
	(24) Brock A, Griffiths C, Rooney C (2004) The effect of the introduction of ICD-10 on cancer mortality trends in England and Wales. 'Health Statistics Quarterly' 23, 7–17.

National Insurance

David Laws: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) women and (b) men of working age were (i) not making national insurance contributions and (ii) not receiving national insurance contribution credits, in each of the last 20 years.

Dawn Primarolo: The number of individuals not making national insurance contributions can be estimated by subtracting the number of individuals making national insurance contributions from population estimates. Information on the estimated number of individuals making national insurance contributions is shown in Table CQY 1.0 'Number of people who paid National Insurance Contributions during the tax year by type of contribution' on the Department for Work and Pensions' internet website:
	http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd1/dsu/contsandqualify/Conts_and_Qual_Years_tables05.xls
	Population estimates for the UK are prepared by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and can be found at:
	http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/explorer.asp?CTG= 3&SL=4819&D=4819&DCT=0&DT=324819
	Similarly, the number of individuals not receiving national insurance contribution credits can be found by subtracting the number of individuals receiving national insurance contribution credits in the provided table from the ONS population estimates.
	
		Number of individuals receiving national insurance contributions credits Thousand
		
			 Tax year Female Male All 
		
		
			 1978–79 2,861 4,087 6,948 
			 1979–80 2,974 4,006 6,979 
			 1980–81 3,205 4,634 7,840 
			 1981–82 3,399 5,194 8,593 
			 1982–83 3,716 5,745 9,461 
			 1983–84 3,814 6,804 10,617 
			 1984–85 3,965 6,986 10,951 
			 1985–86 4,101 7,059 11,160 
			 1986–87 4,213 7,076 11,289 
			 1987–88 3,838 6,783 10,621 
			 1988–89 3,557 6,320 9,878 
			 1989–90 3,381 6,091 9,471 
			 1990–91 3,388 6,297 9,685 
			 1991–92 3,529 6,899 10,428 
			 1992–93 3,590 7,202 10,792 
			 1993–94 3,627 7,243 10,869 
			 1994–95 4,051 7,318 11,369 
			 1995–96 4,331 7,233 11,564 
			 1996–97 4,412 7,039 11,451 
			 1997–98 4,259 6,641 10,900 
			 1998–99 4,127 6,333 10,460 
			 1999–2000 4,277 6,380 10,656 
			 2000–01 4,330 6,375 10,705 
			 2001–02 4,412 6,337 10,749 
			 2002–03 4,465 6,312 10,777 
			 2003–04 4,051 5,946 9,996 
		
	
	Combining the information on contributions and credits does not give the full picture as some people may have both contributions and credits in a year, and may or may not build up a full record and so accrue a qualifying year for State Pension. A more complete picture can be found from Table CQY Summary 'Number of people who have accrued a qualifying year for State Pension, by method of accrual and tax year' which can be found from the same Department for Work and Pensions internet website link as mentioned. This table includes Home Responsibilities Protection, but is still subject to revision in future years as individuals may pay voluntary contributions up to six years in arrears in order to fill gaps in their contributions record.
	Estimates on the number of individuals receiving national insurance contribution credits have been provided by DWP. The latest information available is for 2003–04.

National Insurance

David Laws: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of (a) women and (b) men aged (i) 35 to 39, (ii) 40 to 44, (iii) 45 to 49, (iv) 50 to 54, (v) 55 to 59 and (vi) 60 to 65 years (A) has a full record of national insurance contributions, (B) is missing up to two years of full contributions, (C) is missing up to five years of full contributions, (D) is missing up to 10 years of full contributions and (E) is missing more than 10 years of full contributions.

Dawn Primarolo: Information on the number of individuals with full national contribution records or missing qualifying years for State Pension by sex and age is provided in the table. The proportions of individuals with full or missing records of national insurance contributions can be estimated by dividing the number of individuals with full or missing records by population estimates of their respective sex and age group. Population estimates for the UK are prepared by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and can be found at:
	http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/explorer.asp?CTG= 3&SL=4819&D=4819&DCT=0&DT=324819
	
		All: Number of individuals with full and missing national insurance contributions by age 2003–04 Thousand
		
			 Qualifying years All under 20 20 to 34 35 to 39 40 to 44 45 to 49 50 to 54 55 to 59 60 to 65 
		
		
			 Full 13,322 2,581 3,507 1,549 1,525 1,228 997 1,011 924 
			 Up to 2 years missing 7,098 324 3,172 1,091 926 710 439 329 107 
			 3 to 5 years missing 5,748 — 2,701 748 723 581 515 387 93 
			 6 to 10 years missing 3,365 — 1,113 436 399 397 480 461 79 
			 Over 10 years missing 3,047 — 346 350 355 385 564 756 290 
		
	
	
		Male: Number of individuals with full and missing national insurance contributions by age 2003–04 Thousand
		
			 Qualifying years All Under 20 20 to 34 35 to 39 40 to 44 45 to 49 50 to 54 55 to 59 60 to 65 
		
		
			 Full 7,679 1,318 1,742 742 751 687 720 795 924 
			 Up to 2 years missing 3,340 156 1,464 442 394 316 237 225 107 
			 3 to 5 years missing 2,791 — 1,313 378 341 245 222 198 93 
			 6 to 10 years missing 1,579 — 594 246 220 164 143 132 79 
			 Over 10 years missing 1,307 — 195 186 185 171 146 134 290 
		
	
	
		Female: Number of individuals with full and missing national insurance contributions by age 2003–04 Thousand
		
			 Qualifying years All under 20 20 to 34 35 to 39 40 to 44 45 to 49 50 to 54 55 to 59 
		
		
			 Full 5,643 1,263 1,765 806 774 541 277 217 
			 Up to 2 years missing 3,758 169 1,708 648 532 394 203 104 
			 3 to 5 years missing 2,957 — 1,387 370 382 336 294 189 
			 6 to 10 years missing 1,786 — 519 191 179 233 336 329 
			 Over 10 years missing 1,740 — 151 164 171 214 418 622 
		
	
	Qualifying years may include national insurance credits and Home Responsibilities Protection.
	The information is subject to revision as voluntary contributions to repair a contribution record may be paid up to six years in arrears.
	Estimates on the number of individuals with full or missing records of national insurance contributions have been provided by the Department for Work and Pensions and are for 2003–04.

Pensions

Ian Gibson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the relative effects of the proposed pension self-investment scheme on those on different wage and salary levels.

Ivan Lewis: Pension simplification will provide benefits for all taxpayers, whatever their level of income. The regulatory impact assessment (RIA) "Simplifying the Taxation of Pensions" published in April 2004, which can be found at http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/ria/simplifying-pensions.pdf set out an assessment of the potential impact of the whole pensions simplification package.

Suicide Rate

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the suicide rate has been among (a) men and (b) women in each year since 1991, broken down by (i) socio-economic and (ii) ethnic group.

John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.
	Letter from Karen Dunnell to Mr. Andrew Lansley, dated 18 October 2005
	As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking what the suicide rate has been amongst (a) men and (b) women in each year since 1991, broken down by (i) socio-economic and (ii) ethnic group. (18377)
	Suicide rates for socio-economic groups are only available for the years 1991–1993 for males aged 20–64.l The available figures are for Social Class (based on occupation) and have only been calculated for this period to ensure consistency with the population information available from the 1991 Census. Deaths were combined for the three-year period to ensure that the figures are sufficiently robust. Rates for England and Wales are provided in the table below.
	Comparable figures are not available by ethnic group as this is not recorded at death registration.
	1 Geographic Variations in Health, Decennial Supplement No. 16. Griffiths C. and Fitzpatrick J. London 2001.
	
		Suicide(25) rates(26) by social class for males age 20 to 64, England and Wales, 1991–93(27)
		
			 Social class Rate per 100,000 population 
		
		
			 I—Professional 12 
			 II—Intermediate 14 
			 IIIN—Skilled, non-manual 21 
			 IIIM—Skilled, manual 21 
			 IV—Partly skilled 23 
			 V—Unskilled 47 
		
	
	(25) In routine statistics, ONS defines suicides as deaths from both intentional self-harm and 'injury of undetermined intent'. These were defined using the following International Classification of Diseases Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes:
	E950-E959—Suicide and self-inflicted injury; and
	E980-E980, excluding E988.8—Injury undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted.
	(26) Directly age-standardised rates, standardised to the European Standard Population.
	(27) Deaths registered in each calendar year.

Tax Credits

Norman Lamb: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in Norfolk received overpayments of (a) child tax credits and (b) working tax credits in 2003–04; what the total sum overpaid was; how much of this has been written off; and how many individuals have requested write off of the amount overpaid.

Dawn Primarolo: Estimates for 2003–04 of the numbers of in-work families with tax credits awards, including information on overpayments and underpayments by constituency, based on final family circumstances and incomes for 2003–04 are published in "Child and Working Tax Credits. Finalised Awards. 2003–04 Geographical Analysis". This publication and provisional estimates for the number of in-work families by constituency with tax credit awards as at selected dates in 2004–05 are available on the HMRC website at: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/personal-tax-credits/cwtc-geog-stats.htm.
	Information about the amounts and numbers written off is not available at a regional level.

Bullying

Mark Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 
	(1)  what recent discussions she has had with the Anti-Bullying Alliance on the role of punishment in tackling bullying;
	(2)  what plans she has to review the guidance issued by the Department on the role of punishment in tackling bullying;
	(3)  if she will make a statement on the role of punishment in tackling bullying.

Jacqui Smith: holding answer 14 October 2005
	My officials have recently held discussions with the Anti-Bullying Alliance (ABA) on this matter. In these discussions the Government's belief that bullying should always be punished has been made clear.
	The ABA is re-framing its advice to make it clear that it is exclusion not punishment that should be seen as a last resort.
	Bullying is always unacceptable and should always be punished.
	The "Bullying: Don't Suffer in Silence" packs issued by the Department contain clear guidance on appropriate sanctions to deal with bullying.
	Possible sanctions include, removal from the group/class, withdrawal from break and lunchtime privileges, carrying out a useful task in the school, detention, withholding participation in school trips and events not essential to the curriculum, and fixed period exclusion.
	Where serious real or threatened violence is involved, the head teacher can permanently exclude the pupil. To further enforce this appeal panels and governing bodies have been advised that they should not normally seek to overrule such a decision on appeal.
	The Department's advice pack, Don't Suffer in Silence, last updated in September 2002, is currently being reviewed to ensure that our advice that bullying should always be punished is sufficiently clear.

Class Sizes

Gregory Barker: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 
	(1)  what representations she has received regarding the effect of child birth rates on class sizes in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) East Sussex and (ii) England;
	(2)  if she will make a statement on the effect of child birth rates on class sizes in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) East Sussex and (ii) England.

Jacqui Smith: holding answer 14 October 2005
	The Secretary of State has not received any representations regarding the effect of child birth rates on class sizes in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) East Sussex and (ii) England.
	It is for individual schools to determine class size, having regard to capacity and, in the case of primary schools, to infant class-size limits. Children who will reach the ages of five, six or seven within the school year must not be taught in classes larger than 30 pupils to a qualified teacher.
	Changes in class size since 1998 are shown in the following table.
	
		Average class size(28)
		
			  East Sussex LA England 
			  Primary(29) Secondary(29) Primary(29) Secondary(29) 
		
		
			 1998 28.3 21.4 27.7 21.7 
			 1999 28.7 22.1 27.5 21.9 
			 2000 28.2 22.1 27.1 22.0 
			 2001 28.2 22.3 26.7 22.0 
			 2002 27.6 21.9 26.3 21.9 
			 2003 27.5 21.8 26.3 21.9 
			 2004 27.5 21.9 26.2 21.8 
			 2005 27.6 21.8 26.2 21.7 
		
	
	(28) Classes as taught during a single selected period in each school on the day of the census in January.
	(29) Includes middle schools as deemed
	Source:
	Annual Schools Census
	Nationally births fell from 667.3 thousand in England in 1990 to a low point of 564.0 thousand in 2001, but have since risen to 607.4 thousand in 2004. The recent rise in births reflects a rise in fertility rates since 2001 but it is not known yet whether this is the start of a sustained rise.
	Fertility rates in East Sussex are a little lower than the national average but have shown similar trends. There were 5,325 births in East Sussex in 1990 and these fell to a low of 4,530 in 2002. They have since risen to 4,811 in 2004.
	Many local authorities are facing falling primary rolls. Funding empty places can represent a poor use of resources particularly where schools with spare places also perform poorly. Working with local authorities and other partners we have developed a toolkit offering practical advice to help local authorities and schools manage falling rolls. The toolkit is available at www.teachernet.gov.uk/falling rolls.

Foreign Languages

Robert Wareing: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will take steps to encourage foreign language learning in schools in England; and if she will make a statement.

Jacqui Smith: In March 2005 the Secretary of State for Education and Skills announced a £115 million "Boost for Modern Foreign Languages", providing support for language teaching and learning for this and the next 2 years.
	For primary schools the funding will provide continuing support for initial and existing teacher training as well as training for support staff. To date we have trained 1,200 new primary teachers with a specialism in languages. Next month we will publish in hard copy and online our Key Stage 2 Framework for Languages, which sets out learning objectives for the four years of Key Stage 2. It will be supported by training, guidance and a planning tool.
	The funding will support new approaches for teaching and learning for 11–18 year olds, including alternative qualifications and vocational options at Key Stage 4 which will provide more flexibility for pupils in their studies. We have expanded the list of qualifications that count towards performance table scores to include more language qualifications.
	The funding will also allow language colleges to extend the role they play in supporting local primary and secondary schools in delivering language programmes. Last month the new languages recognition scheme, the Languages Ladder, became available nationally. The scheme can be used by learners of all ages and is available in eight languages. The scheme differs from existing approaches to assessment in that there are separate qualifications in each language for reading, writing, listening and speaking. To date more than 250 centres—including Local Authorities and Specialist Language Colleges—have registered to take part in the scheme.
	Finally, our Key Stage 3 Strategy continues to impact positively on pupils' attainment in languages, especially boys.

Foreign Languages

Mike Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what research she has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effect of making the teaching of languages in Key Stage 4 optional; and if she will make a statement.

Jacqui Smith: The decision to make languages at Key Stage 4 an entitlement subject from September 2004 was taken following national consultation on the 14–19 'extending opportunities, raising standards' Green Paper in 2002. Since that date, no further research has been commissioned by the Department. However, research undertaken by CILT—The National Centre for Languages in 2004 showed that 30 per cent. of state schools maintained languages as a compulsory subject at age 14, in addition to the 224 Specialist Language Colleges where languages are a compulsory subject.
	In March 2005 the Secretary of State for Education and Skills announced £115 million "Boost for Modern Foreign Languages", providing support for language teaching and learning for this and the next two years. This funding will support new approaches for teaching and learning for 11 to 18-year-olds, including alternative qualifications and vocational options at Key Stage 4 which will provide more flexibility for pupils in their studies. We have also expanded the list of qualifications that count towards performance table scores to include more language qualifications.

School Meals

Nick Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what her estimate is of the cost of implementing the recommendations of the School Meals Review Panel (a) initially and (b) annually thereafter, broken down by costs associated with (i) food ingredients, (ii) refurbishment costs, (iii) catering staff training costs and (iv) catering staff costs.

Jacqui Smith: The Government are currently consulting on proposals to improve nutritional standards in schools. As part of its final report, "Turning the Tables: Transforming School Food", the School Meals Review Panel offered an assessment of the additional costs of implementing its recommendations over a three-year transition period. The figures offered are estimates and should be regarded with due caution.
	Government are investing £220 million over three years to help schools and local authorities transform school meals through training and increased hours for cooks, equipment and a minimum spend on ingredients. The Panel discovered that the school meals market is currently operating very nearly at our suggested minimum levels of ingredient costs, and is well on the way to meeting the Caroline Walker Trust recommendations for minimum spend.

School Refurbishment

Paul Truswell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much public funding has been spent on (a) repairing and (b) rebuilding schools in Pudsey in each year since 1992.

Jacqui Smith: Capital funding is provided to local authorities and schools through formulaic programmes targeted to need. This is available to modernise facilities, provide more places, reorganise schools and improve access for disabled pupils. Devolved formula capital is allocated to all maintained schools in England. This funding enables schools to tackle repairs, maintain buildings and invest in ICT. We do not keep central records on how this money is spent, so it is not possible to distinguish between expenditure on repairs and rebuilding.
	Capital allocations are not made direct to Pudsey, but to the City of Leeds local authority and schools in its area. Allocations made since 1996 are shown in the following table.
	
		
			  £ million 
			  Capital allocations 
		
		
			 1996–97 8.7 
			 1997–98 9.2 
			 1998–99 10.4 
			 1999–2000 13.2 
			 2000–01 28.9 
			 2001–02 22.7 
			 2002–03 32.8 
			 2003–04 28.3 
			 2004–05 31.7 
			 2005–06 23.3 
		
	
	Notes:
	1. Figures exclude £193.4 million of PFI Credits provided for the Leeds 2 PFI project. Four Pudsey schools are included in this PFI project.
	2. Data is not available centrally before 1996–97.

Schools' Capital Funding

Nick Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much capital funding was available to (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each year from 2001–02.

Jacqui Smith: Capital funding is provided to local authorities and schools through formulaic programmes targeted to need, so that they can address local priorities. It is the responsibility of local authorities to allocate funds throughout their school estate in a way that promotes fair investment and ensures best value for money. We do not keep central records on how local authorities allocate the funds across their primary and secondary school estates. In addition devolved formula capital is allocated directly to all maintained schools in England, to use for their individual priorities. This year, a typical primary school receives £25,000 and a typical secondary school receives over £87,000. By 2007–08, these amounts increase to £34,000 and £113,000 respectively.
	The total capital funding available to schools since 2001–02 is shown as follows:
	
		
			  £ billion 
			  Capital allocations 
		
		
			 2001–02 2.5 
			 2002–03 3.3 
			 2003–04 4.1 
			 2004–05 4.8 
			 2005–06 5.5

SEN

Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of pupils with special educational needs (a) with statements and (b) without statements were taught in each category of school, including faith schools, in each of the last five years.

Jacqui Smith: Tables 1a and 1b show the number of pupils with special educational needs (SEN) with statements and SEN pupils without statements for each school category.
	Tables 2a and 2b show the number of pupils with special educational needs (SEN) with statements and SEN pupils without statements for maintained primary and secondary schools broken down by religious character. This information is not available for other school types.
	
		Table 1a: Number of pupils with statements of special educational needs (SEN) by type of school—2001–05  Position in January each year—England
		
			  2001 (35) 2002 (36) 2003 (36) 2004 (36) 2005 (36) 
		
		
			 All schools 
			 Pupils with statements 258,200 248,980 250,550 247,590 242,580 
			 Pupils on roll 8,374,100 8,369,080 8,366,780 8,334,880 8,274,470 
			 Incidence (%) (30) 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.9 
			 Maintained schools 
			 Nursery  
			 Pupils with statements 600 550 550 460 410 
			 Pupils on roll 45,000 42,370 40,480 38,970 37,410 
			 Incidence (%) (30) 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.1 
			 Placement (%) (31) 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 
			 Primary  
			 Pupils with statements 75,300 70,730 71,040 69,610 67,380 
			 Pupils on roll 4,406,200 4,363,340 4,309,030 4,252,540 4,204,500 
			 Incidence (%) (30) 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 
			 Placement (%) (31) 29.1 28.4 28.4 28.1 27.8 
			 Secondary  
			 Pupils with statements 82,100 78,610 79,320 78,480 76,580 
			 Pupils on roll 3,231,800 3,264,090 3,308,030 3,324,950 3,316,050 
			 Incidence (%) (30) 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.3 
			 Placement (%) (31) 31.8 31.6 31.7 31.7 31.6 
			 Special (32)(33)  
			 Pupils with statements 87,400 85,800 85,800 84,250 83,290 
			 Pupils on roll 91,000 89,800 88,930 86,930 85,500 
			 Incidence (%) (30) 96.1 95.6 96.5 96.9 97.4 
			 Placement (%) (31) 33.9 34.5 34.2 34.0 34.3 
			 Pupil Referral Units (33) 
			 Pupils with statements 1,800 1,840 2,010 2,300 2,260 
			 Pupils on roll 9,300 9,960 12,010 13,040 14,470 
			 Incidence (%) (30) 19.4 18.5 16.8 17.6 15.6 
			 Placement (%) (31) 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.9 
			 Other schools 
			 Independent (34) 
			 Pupils with statements 6,600 6,970 6,990 7,800 7,930 
			 Pupils on roll 586,200 594,860 603,340 613,620 611,670 
			 Incidence (%) (30) 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 
			 Placement (%) (31) 2.6 2.8 2.8 3.1 3.3 
			 Non-maintained special (33) 
			 Pupils with statements 4,500 4,490 4,840 4,700 4,740 
			 Pupils on roll 4,600 4,670 4,950 4,840 4,870 
			 Incidence (%) (30) 96.1 96.0 97.8 97.2 97.3 
			 Placement (%) (31) 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.9 2.0 
		
	
	(30) Incidence of pupils—the number of pupils with statements expressed as a proportion of the number of pupils on roll.
	(31) Placement of pupils—the number of pupils with statements expressed as a proportion of the number of pupils with statements in all schools.
	(32) Including general and special hospital schools.
	(33) Excluding dually registered pupils.
	(34) Including Direct Grant Nursery Schools and City Technology Colleges and Academies from 2003.
	(35) Estimates were made for January 2001 because the data for SEN are known to be incomplete.
	(36) From 2002 data may not be comparable with previous years.
	Note:
	Totals may not appear to equal the sum of the component parts because numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.
	Source:
	Annual Schools Census
	
		Table 1b: Number of pupils with special educational needs (SEN) without statements by type of school—2001–05 Position in January each year—England
		
			  2001 (43) 2002 (44) 2003 (44) 2004 (44) 2005 (44) 
		
		
			 All schools (37)  
			 Pupils with SEN without statements 1,566,160 1,402,000 1,169,780 1,197,490 1,230,800 
			 Pupils on roll 8,374,100 8,364,220 8,366,560 8,334,680 8,274,320 
			 Incidence (%) (38) 18.6 16.8 14.0 14.4 14.9 
			 Maintained schools  
			 Nursery  
			 Pupils with SEN without statements 5,340 4,940 4,460 4,270 4,110 
			 Pupils on roll 45,000 42,370 40,480 38,970 37,410 
			 Incidence (%) (38) 11.9 11.7 11.0 11.0 11.0 
			 Placement (%) (39) 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 
			 Primary  
			 Pupils with SEN without statements 927,000 834,140 685,100 685,700 692,480 
			 Pupils on roll 4,406,200 4,363,340 4,309,030 4,252,540 4,204,500 
			 Incidence (%) (38) 21.0 19.1 15.9 16.1 16.5 
			 Placement (%) (39) 59.6 59.6 58.6 57.3 56.3 
			 Secondary  
			 Pupils with SEN without statements 586,300 519,120 430,080 450,120 473,510 
			 Pupils on roll 3,231,800 3,264,090 3,308,030 3,324,950 3,316,050 
			 Incidence (%) (38) 18.1 15.9 13.0 13.5 14.3 
			 Placement (%) (39) 37.7 37.1 36.8 37.6 38.5 
			 Special (37)(38)  
			 Pupils with SEN without statements (45)— 2,410 1,890 1,800 1,750 
			 Pupils on roll (45)— 89,600 88,720 86,730 85,350 
			 Incidence (%) (38) (45)— 2.7 2.1 2.1 2.1 
			 Placement (%) (39) (45)— 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 
			 Pupil Referral Units (40)(41) 
			 Pupils with SEN without statements 4,768 4,940 5,600 6,440 6,540 
			 Pupils on roll 9,300 9,960 12,010 13,040 14,470 
			 Incidence (%) (38) 51.3 49.6 46.7 49.4 45,2 
			 Placement (%) (39) 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 
			 Other schools 
			 Independent (42)  
			 Pupils with SEN without statements 32,750 36,450 42,610 49,140 52,370 
			 Pupils on roll 586,200 594,860 603,340 613,620 611,670 
			 Incidence (%) (38) 5.6 6.1 7.1 8.0 8.6 
			 Placement (%) (39) 2.1 2.6 3.6 4.1 4.3 
			 Non-maintained special (40) 
			 Pupils with SEN without statements (45)— (45)— 40 30 40 
			 Pupils on roll (45)— (45)— 4,950 4,840 4,870 
			 Incidence (%) (38) (45)— (45)— 0.7 0.5 0.8 
			 Placement (%) (39) (45)— (45)— 0.0 0.0 0.0 
		
	
	(37) Excludes general hospital schools. Data for pupils with SEN without statements is not collected from these schools.
	(38) Incidence of pupils—the number of pupils with SEN without statements expressed as a proportion of pupils on roll.
	(39) Placement of pupils—the number of pupils with SEN without statements expressed as a proportion of pupils with SEN without statements in all schools.
	(40) Excludes dually registered pupils.
	(41) Includes pupils with other providers.
	(42) Including Direct Grant Nursery schools, City Technology Colleges and Academies from 2003.
	(43) Estimates were made for January 2001 because the data for SEN are known to be incomplete.
	(44) From 2002 data may not be comparable with previous years.
	(45) Not available.
	Note:
	Totals may not appear to equal the sum of the component parts because numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.
	Source:
	Annual Schools Census
	
		Table 2a: Maintained primary schools: Number and percentage of pupils with special educational needs by the religious character of the school Position as at January each year—England
		
			  2001 (47) 2002 (48) 2003 (48) 
			  pupils with a statement SEN pupils without a statement pupils with a statement SEN pupils without a statement pupils with a statement SEN pupils without a statement 
			  Number % (49) Number % (49) Number % (49) Number % (49) Number % (49) Number % (49) 
		
		
			 No religious character (51)— (51)— (51)— (51)— 53,860 1.7 623,040 19.8 53,860 1.7 510,250 16.5 
			 Church of England (51)— (51)— (51)— (51)— 11,660 1.5 137,530 17.5 11,890 1.5 113,910 14.5 
			 Roman Catholic (51)— (51)— (51)— (51)— 4,880 1.2 69,670 16.8 4,920 1.2 57.250 14.0 
			 Methodist (51)— (51)— (51)— (51)— 100 1.9 880 17.4 80 1.8 670 15.2 
			 Other Christian Faith (5) (51)— (51)— (51)— (51)— 110 1.3 1,500 17.1 170 1.6 1,490 14.6 
			 Jewish (51)— (51)— (51)— (51)— 110 1.4 1,420 17.1 120 1.5 1,330 17.2 
			 Muslim (51)— (51)— (51)— (51)— (52)— 1.2 40 11.3 20 1.9 140 14.6 
			 Sikh (51)— (51)— (51)— (51)— 0 0.0 40 18.8 0 0.0 40 19.3 
			 Other (51)— (51)— (51)— (51)— 0 0.0 30 20.3 0 0.0 10 12.1 
			 Total 75,300 1.7 927,000 21.0 70,730 1.6 834,140 19.1 71,040 1.6 685,100 15.9 
		
	
	
		Maintained primary schools (46)
		
			  2004 (48) 2005 (48) 
			  Pupils  with a statement SEN pupils  without a statement Pupils  with a statement SEN pupils  without a statement 
			  Number % (49) Number % (49) Number % (49) Number % (49) 
		
		
			 No religious character 52,510 1.7 510,930 16.8 50,700 1.7 516,820 17.2 
			 Church of England 11,780 1.5 113,850 14.8 11,380 1.5 114,160 14.7 
			 Roman Catholic 4,940 1.2 57,570 14.1 4,920 1.2 58,220 14.4 
			 Methodist 80 1.8 710 15.6 80 1.8 690 15.1 
			 Other Christian Faith (50) 160 1.7 1,330 14.0 150 1.6 1,330 13.8 
			 Jewish 140 1.7 1,200 14.2 140 1.6 1,090 12.6 
			 Muslim 10 1.2 40 9.5 10 1.0 90 11.5 
			 Sikh (52)— 0.5 30 14.8 (52)— 0.9 20 11.3 
			 Other (52)— 0.5 40 21.1 0 0.0 50 21.2 
			 Total 69,610 1.6 685,700 16.1 67,380 1.6 692,480 16.5 
		
	
	(46) Includes middle schools as deemed.
	(47) Estimates were made at National level for 2001 because the data for SEN are known to be incomplete. Therefore it is not possible to provide a breakdown by religious character.
	(48) Figures for SEN pupils without statements are not directly comparable with those for earlier years.
	(49) The number of pupils with SEN expressed as a percentage of the number of pupils on roll.
	(50) Includes schools of mixed denomination or other Christian beliefs.
	(51) Not available
	(52) Less than 5 pupils
	Note:
	Totals may not appear to equal the sum of the component parts because numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.
	Source:
	Annual Schools' Census
	
		Table 2b: Maintained secondary schools: Number and percentage of pupils with special educational needs by the religious character of the school Position as at January each year—England
		
			  2001 (54) 2002 (55) 2003 (55) 
			  Pupils with a statement SEN pupils without a statement Pupils with a statement SEN pupils without a statement Pupils with a statement SEN pupils without a statement 
			  Number % (56) Number % (56) Number % (56) Number % (56) Number % (56) Number % (56) 
		
		
			 No religious character (59)— (59)— (59)— (59)— 69,130 2.5 449,740 16.3 69,470 2.5 372,720 13.3 
			 Church of England (59)— (59)— (59)— (59)— 3,240 2.1 23,380 14.9 3,420 2.1 18,550 11.6 
			 Roman Catholic (59)— (59)— (59)— (59)— 5,730 1.8 42,840 13.6 5,940 1.8 36,020 11.2 
			 Methodist (59)— (59)— (59)— (59)— 0 0.0 0 0.0 (59)— 1.6 60 34.6 
			 Other Christian Faith (5) (59)— (59)— (59)— (59)— 410 1.7 2,170 8.9 380 1.6 1,830 7.6 
			 Jewish (59)— (59)— (59)— (59)— 90 1.8 840 17.4 100 1.5 780 11.7 
			 Muslim (59)— (59)— (59)— (59)— (59)— 0.2 40 7.4 10 1.2 30 5.0 
			 Sikh (59)— (59)— (59)— (59)— 0 0.0 40 13.7 (59)— 0.3 30 8.3 
			 Other (59)— (59)— (59)— (59)— 10 1.6 70 24.1 0 0.0 70 24.1 
			 Total 82,100 2.5 586,300 18.1 78,610 2.4 519,120 15.9 79,320 2.4 430,080 13.0 
		
	
	
		Maintained secondary schools (53)
		
			  2004 (55) 2005 (55) 
			  Pupils  with a statement SEN pupils  without a statement Pupils  with a statement SEN pupils  without a statement 
			  Number % (56) Number % (56) Number % (56) Number % (56) 
		
		
			 No religious character 68,430 2.4 389,950 13.9 66,400 2.4 410,050 14.7 
			 Church of England 3,490 2.1 19,940 12.1 3,680 2.2 21,060 12.5 
			 Roman Catholic 6,030 1.9 37,620 11.7 5,940 1.9 39,480 12.3 
			 Methodist 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 
			 Other Christian Faith (57) 430 1.6 1,970 7.3 450 1.7 2,280 8.3 
			 Jewish 90 1.9 510 10.3 100 1.8 520 9.5 
			 Muslim 10 0.8 50 7.2 10 0.9 70 9.3 
			 Sikh (59)— 0.5 20 5.4 (59)— 0.9 (59)— 0.2 
			 Other (59)— 0.3 60 19.2 10 4.1 40 13.7 
			 Total 78,480 2.4 450,120 13.5 76,580 2.3 473,510 14.3 
		
	
	(53) Includes middle schools as deemed.
	(54) Estimates were made at National level for 2001 because the data for SEN are known to be incomplete. Therefore it is not possible to provide a breakdown by religious character.
	(55) Figures for SEN pupils without statements are not directly comparable with those for earlier years.
	(56) The number of pupils with SEN expressed as a percentage of the number of pupils on roll.
	(57) Includes schools of mixed denomination or other Christian beliefs.
	(58) Not available.
	(59) Less than 5 pupils.
	Note:
	Totals may not appear to equal the sum of the component parts because numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.
	Source:
	Annual Schools' Census

SEN (Tooting)

Sadiq Khan: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much funding has been allocated to special needs education provision in the constituency of Tooting since 1997.

Maria Eagle: The information requested is not held by the Department in this form.
	The constituency of Tooting falls within the area of Wandsworth local authority and the following table shows budgeted SEN expenditure in Wandsworth for the years 2000–01 to 2005–06.
	
		The Education (Budget Statements) (England) Regulations. Budgeted net expenditure on the provision of education for children with special educational needs(60)(61) by Wandsworth local authority(62) since 2000–01Cash terms figures(63) as reported by Wandsworth local authority(62) as at 12 October 2005 £
		
			  Budgeted net expenditure on the provision of education for children with special educational needs 
		
		
			 2000–01 17,511,000 
			 2001–02 18,312,000 
			 2002–03 18,815,000 
			 2003–04 19,980,000 
			 2004–05 25,704,000 
			 2005–06(64) 27,833,000 
		
	
	(60) Includes planned expenditure on the provision for pupils with statements and the provision for non-statemented pupils with SEN, support for inclusion, inter authority recoupment, fees for pupils at independent special schools and abroad, educational psychology service, local authority functions in relation to child protection, therapies and other health related services, parent partnership, guidance and information, the monitoring of SEN provision and inclusion administration, assessment and co- ordination. Also included is the funding delegated to nursery, primary and secondary schools identified as "notional SEN" and the individual schools budget (ISB) for special schools.
	(61) The ISB for special schools will include some general education costs for pupils with SEN in addition to those costs specifically for SEN while the figures recorded against "notional SEN" are only indicative of the amount that might be spent by schools on SEN and, from 2004–05 onwards, "notional SEN" delegated to nursery schools was reported on Section 52 for the first time and this accounts for £31,000 and £72,000 of the 2004–05 and 2005–06 totals respectively, in 2005–06, Wandsworth also budgeted £4.9 million for SEN transport expenditure but this is not included in the above table as figures are not available prior to 2005–06.
	(62) Financial data is collected at a local authority level and consequently figures for the constituency of Tooting are not available and have been replaced by figures for Wandsworth local authority.
	(63) Figures are rounded to the nearest thousand pounds.
	(64) 2005–06 data is provisional and is subject to change by the local authority.
	Source:
	The data is drawn from Wandsworth local authority's Section 52 Budget Statements (Tables 1 and 2) submitted to the DfES.
	Data is not available prior to 2000–01.

Student Finance

Vincent Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of university courses she expects will cost the full £3,000 per year fee when the new funding arrangements come into effect in 2006.

Bill Rammell: Universities are already and will continue to be free to charge unregulated fees for about half of the total number of courses they provide. For the other half, all but four universities plan to charge the full tuition fee of £3,000, but there will be no net cost in respect of tuition fees to any students from low income backgrounds at any university since in addition to the non-repayable grant of £2,700 we are making available, there is a minimum requirement for institutions to provide a bursary, or equivalent, of at least £300. However, most institutions have been significantly more generous than that with bursaries of up to £3,000, and in some exceptional cases up to £5,700.

Sure Start

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 
	(1)  how much funding has been made available for the creation of children's centres;
	(2)  how much has been allocated to Sure Start projects in West Sussex;
	(3)  if she will list Sure Start projects which are running in West Sussex; and where new ones are planned.

Beverley Hughes: For the first phase of Sure Start Children's Centres from 2004–06 we have made available £435 million to develop children's centre services in disadvantaged areas. For the second phase from 2006–08 we are starting to roll out children's centres across the rest of the country and are making available £947 million so that we reach our target of 2,500 centres by March 2008.
	Two Sure Start Local Programmes (SSLPs) were announced in West Sussex in 2002–03 (wave 5): Crawley and Littlehampton. Crawley SSLP received an allocation of £1.1 million in capital and revenue of £768,750 in 2005–06. Littlehampton SSLP received an allocation of £1,392,485 in capital and revenue of £729,800 in 2005–06.
	For phase 1 of children's centres, Crawley SSLP developed into Broadfield and Bewbush children's centres and Littlehampton SSLP became Littlehampton Children's Centre in 2005, all serving the 20 per cent. most disadvantaged wards in West Sussex. In addition to these, three other children's centres have been designated in West Sussex and are now working towards achieving the full core offer of services. These are Bognor, Worthing and Chichester. In total, £650,000 capital and £389,000 revenue has been allocated to support the development of these centres in addition to the existing SSLP funding. We also provided a rural uplift element for West Sussex of £40,000 revenue and 100,000 capital for spending on the development of children's centre services in rural areas in the county.
	For phase 2, West Sussex has a target to deliver 30 new children's centres. The total Sure Start specific grant allocation for these centres is £5,478,575 capital and £4,563,728 revenue. The local authority is currently identifying areas and developing early plans to progress these centres. Many of these centres will be linked to extended schools where appropriate to local needs. West Sussex and all other local authorities are required to provide basic information on early plans and location of phase 2 children's centres by the end of November 2005. Therefore planned locations for these centres are not yet known.

Teachers

Paul Truswell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) classroom assistants and (b) teachers were employed in Pudsey in each year since 1997.

Jacqui Smith: The following table gives the full-time equivalent number of teaching assistants and teachers in service in Pudsey constituency in each January between 1997 and 2005.
	
		Maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools, all special schools(65) and pupil referral units: Full time equivalent number of teaching and support staff—position in January each year:1997 to 2005—Pudsey parliamentary constituency
		
			  FTE qualified teachers FTE other teaching staff FTE teaching assistants FTE other support staff 
		
		
			 1997 830 10 150 140 
			 1998 830 10 170 150 
			 1999 840 0 180 150 
			 2000 860 10 190 170 
			 2001 880 10 200 210 
			 2002 950 10 290 210 
			 2003 950 10 300 210 
			 2004 950 20 310 210 
			 2005 930 20 310 240 
		
	
	(65) Includes maintained and non-maintained special schools.
	Note:
	Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
	Source:
	Annual School Census

Youth Services

Nick Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of 11 to 19-year-olds (a) engaged in more than two hours of sporting activity per week, (b) had access to youth groups and (c) were involved in volunteering in each year since 1995.

Jacqui Smith: The 2004/05 school sport survey found that, within school sport partnerships, 69 per cent. of 5 to 16-year-olds were spending at least two hours in a typical week on high quality PE and school sport, within and beyond the curriculum. This is up 7 percentage points from the 2003/04 survey. The survey, which ran for the first time in 2003/04, does not collect data for 16 to 19-year-olds.
	All local authorities have a duty to provide youth services—to support the development of young people, engage them with relevant services and prepare them for the responsibilities of adulthood. The National Youth Agency audit data for 2003/04 shows that local youth services in England reached 23.5 per cent. of young people aged 13 to 19 years.
	The Department does not hold annual data on young people's levels of volunteering. However, the 2001 Young People's Social Attitudes Survey found that 16 per cent. of 12 to 19-year-olds reported doing some voluntary or charity work in the previous six months (Park, Phillips and Johnson "Young people in Britain: the attitudes and experiences of 12–19 year olds" DFES 2004). The Home Office Citizenship Survey in 2003 found that 45 per cent. of 16 to 24-year-olds participate at least once a month in informal volunteering.

Arts Council

Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much funding has been allocated by the Arts Council in Northern Ireland over the last five years, broken down by (a) Westminster parliamentary constituency and (b) district council area.

David Hanson: The funding allocated by the Arts Council to each district council area over the last five years is contained in Table A.
	The funding allocated by the Arts Council to each parliamentary constituency over the last five years is contained in Table B.
	Figures quoted for 2005–06 reflect the funding allocated to date in the current Financial Year.
	
		Table A: Arts Council funding by district council area £
		
			 Local authority Fund 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 
		
		
			 Antrim Exchequer 0 3,000 18,200 
			 Antrim Lottery 0 69,164 112,446 
			 Ards Exchequer 4,770 6,880 29,903 
			 Ards Lottery 0 103,845 104,599 
			 Armagh Exchequer 690 2,550 155,497 
			 Armagh Lottery 0 273,153 148,332 
			 Ballymena Exchequer 100 0 12,100 
			 Ballymena Lottery 0 16,544 194,695 
			 Ballymoney Exchequer 0 1,400 2,775 
			 Ballymoney Lottery 0 106,304 34,455 
			 Banbridge Exchequer 2,400 730 9,970 
			 Banbridge Lottery 0 42,557 22,158 
			 Belfast Exchequer 202,101 165,192 6,179,408 
			 Belfast Lottery 4,726,925 2,625,512 5,844,496 
			 Carrickfergus Exchequer 4,200 11,600 17,000 
			 Carrickfergus Lottery 0 39,672 5,000 
			 Castlereagh Exchequer 5,800 2,150 58,781 
			 Castlereagh Lottery 36,990 39,949 229,637 
			 Coleraine Exchequer 1,650 3,389 145,100 
			 Coleraine Lottery 1,427,516 5,244 75,794 
			 Cookstown Exchequer 850 6,500 0 
			 Cookstown Lottery 0 151,465 28,211 
			 Craigavon Exchequer 1,200 2,900 47,719 
			 Craigavon Lottery 203,384 146,646 83,137 
			 Derry Exchequer 14,795 41,103 659,651 
			 Derry Lottery 1,385,189 1,043,479 1,520,942 
			 Down Exchequer 15,835 33,870 63,530 
			 Down Lottery 127,832 172,739 60,455 
			 Dungannon Exchequer 10,000 10,000 14,000 
			 Dungannon Lottery 6,820 236,144 68,808 
			 Fermanagh Exchequer 10,000 2,945 84,152 
			 Fermanagh Lottery 49,305 98,956 71,800 
			 Larne Exchequer 0 1,350 12,570 
			 Larne Lottery 269,976 14,192 32,427 
			 Limavady Exchequer 0 2,430 0 
			 Lisburn Exchequer 9,050 21,420 102,788 
			 Lisburn Lottery 25,300 120,136 126,916 
			 Magherafelt Exchequer 10,000 0 0 
			 Magherafelt Lottery 0 16,156 10,712 
			 Moyle Exchequer 0 7,330 10,800 
			 Moyle Lottery 0 40,000 0 
			 Newry and Mourne Exchequer 8,475 18,900 141,845 
			 Newry and Mourne Lottery 0 466,064 77,780 
			 Newtownabbey Exchequer 5,120 6,350 11,780 
			 Newtownabbey Lottery 20,055 49,171 47,559 
			 North Down Exchequer 33,000 17,025 75,106 
			 North Down Lottery 107,847 254,128 60,940 
			 Omagh Exchequer 0 3,000 7,388 
			 Omagh Lottery 55,312 198,300 163,167 
			 Strabane Exchequer 960 5,600 18,200 
			 Strabane Lottery 48,250 768,908 58,380 
			 Total  8,831,697 7,476,042 17,061,109 
		
	
	
		Table A: Arts Council funding by district council area £
		
			 Local authority Fund 2004–05 2005–06 to date Total of award 
		
		
			 Antrim Exchequer 27,000 0 48,200 
			 Antrim Lottery 210,732 102,264 494,606 
			 Ards Exchequer 22,480 17,075 81,108 
			 Ards Lottery 37,200 61,660 307,304 
			 Armagh Exchequer 148,500 160,500 467,737 
			 Armagh Lottery 29,943 12,078 463,506 
			 Ballymena Exchequer 1,000 600 13,800 
			 Ballymena Lottery 11,441 0 222,680 
			 Ballymoney Exchequer 0 0 4,175 
			 Ballymoney Lottery 210,599 0 351,358 
			 Banbridge Exchequer 8,050 17,890 39,040 
			 Banbridge Lottery 23,853 50,890 139,458 
			 Belfast Exchequer 5,855,118 6,152,505 18,554,324 
			 Belfast Lottery 4,286,636 2,600,925 20,084,493 
			 Carrickfergus Exchequer 2,100 0 34,900 
			 Carrickfergus Lottery 9,000 0 53,672 
			 Castlereagh Exchequer 50,218 17,081 134,030 
			 Castlereagh Lottery 49,084 107,863 463,523 
			 Coleraine Exchequer 138,000 161,370 449,509 
			 Coleraine Lottery 148,003 111,293 1,767,850 
			 Cookstown Exchequer 25,000 30,000 62,350 
			 Cookstown Lottery 99,709 11,173 290,558 
			 Craigavon Exchequer 46,650 50,500 148,969 
			 Craigavon Lottery 446,950 216,427 1,069,544 
			 Derry Exchequer 705,748 747,131 2,168,428 
			 Derry Lottery 2,066,220 461,572 6,477,402 
			 Down Exchequer 43,119 58,125 214,479 
			 Down Lottery 81,830 161,754 604,610 
			 Dungannon Exchequer 15,220 4,700 53,920 
			 Dungannon Lottery 27,066 92,760 431,598 
			 Fermanagh Exchequer 71,474 50,255 218,826 
			 Fermanagh Lottery 578,879 251,094 1,050,034 
			 Larne Exchequer 0 500 14,420 
			 Larne Lottery 19,628 9,614 345,837 
			 Limavady Exchequer 2,500 681 5,611 
			 Lisburn Exchequer 94,331 80,171 307,760 
			 Lisburn Lottery 100,330 181,760 554,442 
			 Magherafelt Exchequer 0 0 10,000 
			 Magherafelt Lottery 14,768 0 41,636 
			 Moyle Exchequer 3,519 0 21,649 
			 Moyle Lottery 222,590 0 262,590 
			 Newry and Mourne Exchequer 84,500 94,750 348,470 
			 Newry and Mourne Lottery 65,807 34,980 644,631 
			 Newtownabbey Exchequer 11,291 6,449 40,990 
			 Newtownabbey Lottery 221,350 18,100 356,235 
			 North Down Exchequer 144,117 178,536 447,784 
			 North Down Lottery 388,374 133,665 944,954 
			 Omagh Exchequer 6,000 5,570 21,958 
			 Omagh Lottery 148,077 67,650 632,506 
			 Strabane Exchequer 10,000 6,477 41,237 
			 Strabane Lottery 337,578 154,360 1,367,476 
			 Total  17,351,582 12,682,747 63,403,176 
		
	
	
		Table B: Arts Council funding by parliamentary constituency £
		
			 Parliamentary constituency Fund 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 
		
		
			 Belfast, East Exchequer 49,439 23,625 290,466 
			 Belfast, East Lottery 244,475 307,915 256,157 
			 Belfast, North Exchequer 25,669 57,000 902,718 
			 Belfast, North Lottery 837,734 1,183,981 709,349 
			 Belfast, South Exchequer 112,068 72,067 4,050,998 
			 Belfast, South Lottery 2,851,405 897,865 4,548,771 
			 Belfast, West Exchequer 22,225 18,370 948,484 
			 Belfast, West Lottery 830,301 254,151 477,419 
			 East Antrim Exchequer 5,320 15,450 37,650 
			 East Antrim Lottery 290,031 53,864 84,986 
			 East Londonderry Exchequer 1,650 5,819 145,100 
			 East Londonderry Lottery 1,427,516 5,244 75,794 
			 Fermanagh and  South Tyrone Exchequer 20,000 12,945 98,152 
			 Fermanagh and  South Tyrone Lottery 56,125 321,409 100,785 
			 Foyle Exchequer 14,795 41,103 659,651 
			 Foyle Lottery 1,385,189 1,043,479 1,520,942 
			 Lagan Valley Exchequer 8,450 19,450 105,958 
			 Lagan Valley Lottery 25,300 136,309 103,586 
			 Mid Ulster Exchequer 10,850 6,500 0 
			 Mid Ulster Lottery 0 181,312 78,746 
			 Newry and Armagh Exchequer 6,615 19,650 281,997 
			 Newry and Armagh Lottery 0 529,285 198,332 
			 North Antrim Exchequer 100 8,730 25,675 
			 North Antrim Lottery 0 162,848 229,150 
			 North Down Exchequer 33,000 19,120 75,106 
			 North Down Lottery 107,847 254,128 84,708 
			 South Antrim Exchequer 4,000 5,100 18,300 
			 South Antrim Lottery 0 118,335 112,446 
			 South Down Exchequer 18,085 33,670 78,155 
			 South Down Lottery 127,832 385,859 105,747 
			 Strangford Exchequer 6,570 6,785 79,846 
			 Strangford Lottery 0 148,590 186,598 
			 Upper Bann Exchequer 1,200 3,630 54,419 
			 Upper Bann Lottery 203,384 146,646 87,783 
			 West Tyrone Exchequer 960 8,600 25,588 
			 West Tyrone Lottery 103,562 967,208 221,547 
			 Total  8,831,697 7,476,042 17,061,109 
		
	
	
		Table B: Arts Council funding by parliamentary constituency £
		
			 Parliamentary constituency Fund 2004–05 2005–06 to date Total of award 
		
		
			 Belfast, East Exchequer 210,286 167,630 741,446 
			 Belfast, East Lottery 192,886 222,345 1,223,778 
			 Belfast, North Exchequer 769,835 965,638 2,720,860 
			 Belfast, North Lottery 984,491 923,511 4,639,066 
			 Belfast, South Exchequer 4,000,950 4,198,149 12,434,232 
			 Belfast, South Lottery 2,612,073 978,688 11,888,802 
			 Belfast, West Exchequer 919,146 840,368 2,748,593 
			 Belfast, West Lottery 513,301 611,738 2,686,910 
			 East Antrim Exchequer 12,591 4,000 75,011 
			 East Antrim Lottery 28,628 19,614 477,123 
			 East Londonderry Exchequer 140,500 162,051 455,120 
			 East Londonderry Lottery 148,003 111,293 1,767,850 
			 Fermanagh and  South Tyrone Exchequer 86,694 53,755 271,546 
			 Fermanagh and  South Tyrone Lottery 605,945 302,354 1,386,618 
			 Foyle Exchequer 705,748 747,131 2,168,428 
			 Foyle Lottery 2,066,220 461,572 6,477,402 
			 Lagan Valley Exchequer 91,300 98,601 323,219 
			 Lagan Valley Lottery 100,330 107,293 472,818 
			 Mid Ulster Exchequer 25,000 31,200 73,550 
			 Mid Ulster Lottery 114,477 52,673 427,208 
			 Newry and Armagh Exchequer 230,900 249,950 789,112 
			 Newry and Armagh Lottery 45,396 47,058 820,071 
			 North Antrim Exchequer 4,519 600 39,624 
			 North Antrim Lottery 444,630 0 836,628 
			 North Down Exchequer 144,117 178,536 449,879 
			 North Down Lottery 388,374 133,665 968,722 
			 South Antrim Exchequer 27,000 0 54,400 
			 South Antrim Lottery 432,082 110,364 773,227 
			 South Down Exchequer 44,619 63,425 237,954 
			 South Down Lottery 142,917 161,754 924,109 
			 Strangford Exchequer 35,080 17,825 146,106 
			 Strangford Lottery 70,169 129,520 534,877 
			 Upper Bann Exchequer 51,650 50,500 161,399 
			 Upper Bann Lottery 460,070 246,430 1,144,313 
			 West Tyrone Exchequer 16,000 12,047 63,195 
			 West Tyrone Lottery 485,655 222,010 1,999,982 
			 Total  17,351,582 12,682,747 63,403,176

Cancers

Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the age standardised mortality rates for all cancers for men and women in each health board in Northern Ireland were in each of the last 10 years.

Shaun Woodward: The information requested is shown in the following table.
	
		Deaths due to AH cancers(66) (ICD-10 COO-C97)—European age-standardised mortality rate (per 100,000), by sex, year of death and health board (1995–2004)
		
			  EHSSB NHSSB SHSSB WHSSB 
			  Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female 
		
		
			 1995 259.9 166.1 241.0 153.0 229.7 156.7 246.8 174.1 
			 1996 251.3 161.9 244.5 157.7 218.5 159.2 266.8 162.9 
			 1997 267.1 169.4 223.6 160.9 211.8 161.7 236.5 157.8 
			 1998 264.7 160.2 225.5 167.6 240.2 153.7 250.0 160.9 
			 1999 234.7 167.6 239.4 157.6 236.5 178.2 237.3 154.7 
			 2000 235.4 170.3 202.6 170.3 213.6 163.3 230.8 159.2 
			 2001 252.3 154.1 237.8 146.0 197.8 157.1 225.5 191.9 
			 2002 236.8 157.7 202.9 145.4 227.1 139.7 218.1 156,1 
			 2003 234.2 164.3 211.5 148.1 205.3 162.2 208.6 149.2 
			 2004 232.4 158.6 224.4 150.1 202.7 154.4 212.1 161.3 
		
	
	(66) Includes non-melanoma skin cancer.
	This information has been provided by the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry and is the most up to date currently available.

Cardiomyopathy

Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many deaths in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years cardiomyopathy was (a) the cause and (b) a contributory factor.

Angela Smith: The following table gives the number of deaths registered in Northern Ireland for each year between 1995 and 2004, where cardiomyopathy 1 was recorded as either (a) the primary cause of death or (b) a contributory factor but not the primary cause of death.
	1 International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision code 142 for years 2001–04 and Ninth Revision code 425 for years 1995–2000.
	
		Number of deaths registered in Northern Ireland where cardiomyopathy was recorded as (a) the primary cause of death or (b) a contributory factor but not the primary cause of death, 1995 to 2004
		
			  Number of deaths registered where cardiomyopathy was: 
			   Registration year  (a) the primary cause of death (b) a contributory factor but not the primary cause of death 
		
		
			 1995 25 26 
			 1996 35 27 
			 1997 35 24 
			 1998 27 24 
			 1999 33 26 
			 2000 24 27 
			 2001 29 16 
			 2002 24 19 
			 2003 24 22 
			 2004 (67) 25 22 
		
	
	(67) Data for 2004 is provisional

Child Deaths

Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many children died in accidents away from home, other than road deaths, in each of the last five years for which figures are available, broken down by the age groups (a) zero to seven, (b) eight to 13 and (c) 14 to 18 years.

Angela Smith: The following table gives the number of deaths registered in Northern Ireland, for each year from 2000 to 2004, due to non-transport related accidents 1 outside the home by age-groups (a) zero to seven, (b) eight to 13 and (c) 14 to 18 years respectively.
	1 International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision codes W00-X59 for years 2001–04 and Ninth Revision codes E850-E869, E880-E928, and E929.2-E929.9 for year 2000.
	
		Number of deaths registered in Northern Ireland due to non-transport related accidents outside the home by age groups(a) 0–7, (b) 8–13 and (c) 14–18 years respectively, 2000–04
		
			  Age group 
			 Registration year (a) 0–7 years (b) 8–13 years (c) 14–18 years 
		
		
			 2000 3 2 2 
			 2001 1 1 3 
			 2002 1 1 4 
			 2003 0 1 2 
			 2004(68) 3 1 1 
		
	
	(68) Data for 2004 are provisional

Child Deaths

Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many children died in accidents in the home, other than fire, in each of the last five years for which figures are available, broken down by the age groups (a) zero to seven, (b) eight to 13 and (c) 14 to 18 years.

Angela Smith: The following table gives the number of deaths registered in Northern Ireland, for each year between 2000 and 2004, due to domestic non-fire related accidents 1 broken down by the age groups (a) zero to seven, (b) eight to 13 and (c) 14 to 18 years respectively.
	1 International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision codes W00-W99 and X10-X59 for years 2001–04 and Ninth Revision codes E850-E869, E880-E888, E900-E928, and E929.2-E929.9 (excluding E929.4) for year 2000.
	
		Number of deaths registered in Northern Ireland due to domestic non-fire related accidents by the age groups (a) 0–7, (b) 8–13 and (c) 14–18 years respectively, 2000–04
		
			  Age group 
			 Registration year (a) 0–7 years (b) 8–13 years (c) 14–18 years 
		
		
			 2000 1 0 2 
			 2001 0 0 3 
			 2002 1 0 3 
			 2003 2 0 2 
			 2004(69) 2 0 2 
		
	
	(69) Data for 2004 are provisional.

Dentistry

Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what percentage of Northern Ireland's adult population is registered with a dentist; and how many children are registered with a dentist.

Shaun Woodward: Information requested is provided in the following table:
	
		
			  Registered 
		
		
			 Percentage of adults registered with a NHS dentist,  June 2005(70)(71) 64.0 
			 Number of children registered with a NHS dentist,  June 2005(71) 279,839 
		
	
	(70) Figures are derived from dental registration data and the 2004 mid-year estimate of population (latest available from General Registrar Northern Ireland).
	(71) Figures for registered patients include a small proportion who may reside temporarily elsewhere in the UK.
	Source:
	Central Services Agency.

Dentistry

Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many adults in Northern Ireland are registered with a dentist.

Shaun Woodward: Information requested is provided in the following table.
	
		
			  Number 
		
		
			 Adults registered with an NHS dentist, June 2005(72)(73) 655,585 
		
	
	Notes:
	(72) Figures are derived from dental registration data.
	(73) Figures for registered patients include a small proportion who may reside temporarily elsewhere in the UK.
	Source:
	Central Services Agency

Dentistry

Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many adults in the Province were registered with a dentist in 1997.

Shaun Woodward: Information requested is provided in the following table.
	
		
			  Number 
		
		
			 Adults registered with an NHS dentist, June 1997(74)(75) 683,750 
		
	
	Notes:
	(74) Figures are derived from dental registration data.
	(75) Figures for registered patients include a small proportion who may reside temporarily elsewhere in the UK.
	Source:
	Central Services Agency

Dentistry

Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what percentage of children in the Province are registered with a dentist.

Shaun Woodward: Information requested is provided in the following table.
	
		
			  Percentage 
		
		
			 Children registered with an NHS dentist, June 2005(76)(77) 64.0 
		
	
	Notes:
	(76) Figures are derived from dental registration data and the 2004 mid-year estimate of population (latest available from General Registrar Northern Ireland).
	(77) Figures for registered patients include a small proportion who may reside temporarily elsewhere in the UK.
	Source:
	Central Services Agency.

Hospital Consultant Posts

Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many full-time hospital consultant posts there are in the Province; and how many there were (a) five and (b) 10 years ago.

Shaun Woodward: Information requested is provided in the following tables.
	
		Number of hospital medical consultants posts for each of the given years
		
			  Medical consultant posts 
			  Headcount Whole-time equivalent 
		
		
			 2005 1,048 1,001.30 
			 2000 833 798.52 
			 1995(78) n/a n/a 
		
	
	(78) 1995 figures were not available.
	Notes:
	1. Vacancy information for 2000 was not available for Craigavon Area Hospital Group HSS Trust and Royal Group of Hospitals HSS Trust, therefore the figures quoted for these years for these trusts are staff in post as opposed to establishment figures.
	2. Figures for Royal Group of Hospitals HSS Trust exclude consultant joint appointments with QUB.
	3. 2000 figures for Homefirst Community HSS Trust have been sourced from manual records.
	4. 2000 vacancy figures have been estimated by Newry and Mourne HSS Trust.
	Source:
	NI HSS Trusts
	
		Number of hospital dental consultants posts for each of the given years
		
			  Dental consultant posts 
			  Headcount Whole-time equivalent 
		
		
			 2005 7 6.18 
			 2000 8 5.81 
			 1995(79) n/a n/a 
		
	
	(79) 1995 figures were not available.
	Notes:
	1. Vacancy information for 2000 was not available for Craigavon Area Hospital Group HSS Trust and Royal Group of Hospitals HSS Trust, therefore the figures quoted for these years for these trusts are staff in post as opposed to establishment figures.
	2. Figures for Royal Group of Hospitals HSS Trust exclude consultant joint appointments with QUB.
	Source:
	NI HSS Trusts
	
		Total number of hospital consultants posts for each of the given years
		
			  Total consultant posts 
			  Headcount Whole-time equivalent 
		
		
			 2005 1,055 1,007.48 
			 2000 841 804.33 
			 1995(80) n/a n/a 
		
	
	(80) 1995 Figures were not available.
	Notes:
	1. Vacancy information for 2000 was not available for Craigavon Area Hospital Group HSS Trust and Royal Group of Hospitals HSS Trust, therefore the figures quoted for these years for these Trusts are Staff in Post as opposed to Establishment figures.
	2. Figures for Royal Group of Hospitals HSS Trust exclude consultant joint appointments with QUB.
	3. 2000 figures for Homefirst Community HSS Trust have been sourced from manual records.
	4. 2000 vacancy figures have been estimated by Newry and Mourne HSS Trust.
	Source:
	NI HSS Trusts

Infant Mortality

Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the infant mortality rate was in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years.

Angela Smith: The following table details the infant mortality rate 1 in Northern Ireland for each registration year between 1995 and 2004.
	1 The infant mortality rate is defined as the number of deaths of children in their first year of life per1,000 live births.
	
		
			 Registration year Infant mortality rate 
		
		
			 1995 7.1 
			 1996 5.8 
			 1997 5.6 
			 1998 5.6 
			 1999 6.4 
			 2000 5.0 
			 2001 6.0 
			 2002 4.6 
			 2003 5.2 
			 2004(81) 5.3 
		
	
	(81) Data for 2004 are provisional

MRSA

Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many cases of MRSA were identified within each (a) hospital and (b) health trust in the Province in each month of each the last three years.

Shaun Woodward: The information is not available in the format requested, however the number of cases of MRSA that were identified within each health trust in the Province is available quarterly for the last three years and is presented in the following tables.
	
		Number of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia patient episodes reported to CDSC (NI) by trust and quarter
		
			  2002 2003 
			 Health trust July to September October to December January to March April to June July to September October to December 
		
		
			 Altnagelvin Hospitals 2 3 5 2 4 6 
			 Belfast City Hospital 13 13 10 13 15 17 
			 Causeway 4 2 0 5 2 2 
			 Craigavon Area Hospital Group 6 2 2 6 5 12 
			 Down Lisburn 0 3 3 5 2 2 
			 Green Park 1 0 2 0 2 1 
			 Mater Infirmorum Hospital 4 6 7 5 7 6 
			 Newry and Mourne 2 0 1 4 1 4 
			 Royal Group of Hospitals 4 8 9 11 12 10 
			 Sperrin Lakeland 1 0 6 2 6 1 
			 Ulster Community and Hospitals 8 11 7 5 7 4 
			 United Hospitals 6 9 10 17 9 10 
			 Northern Ireland 51 57 62 75 72 75 
		
	
	
		
			  2004 2005 
			 Health trust January to March April to June July to September October to December January to March April to June(82) 
		
		
			 Altnagelvin Hospitals 10 6 1 5 5 7 
			 Belfast City Hospital 18 9 13 7 7 18 
			 Causeway 3 1 4 1 3 3 
			 Craigavon Area Hospital Group 7 8 5 4 4 6 
			 Down Lisburn 5 4 5 3 4 0 
			 Green Park 1 1 0 0 1 2 
			 Mater Infirmorum Hospital 4 0 0 5 4 7 
			 Newry and Mourne 2 0 1 2 0 0 
			 Royal Group of Hospitals 13 8 11 12 13 13 
			 Sperrin Lakeland 7 5 4 0 2 1 
			 Ulster Community and Hospitals 2 12 12 8 4 11 
			 United Hospitals 13 10 10 8 10 5 
			 Northern Ireland 85 64 66 55 57 73 
		
	
	(82) Figures are provisional.
	Notes:
	1. MRSA patient episodes '(MRSA PE) is defined as the total number of patients from whom blood cultureset(s) collected during the quarter grew MRS A. If repeat specimens were collected from a single patient, and the patient was considered to have had two episodes of bacteraemia, then they should be counted as two patients. As an arbitrary measure, if positive blood culture sets are collected more than 14 days apart, they should be considered as reflecting different episodes.
	2. Please note that it is not possible to state how many of these patients with MRS A positive blood cultures acquired their infection in hospital. Some will have been acquired in hospital but others will have acquired infection before admission to hospital, either in the community, or in another healthcare institution.
	3. Reports of patient episodes from a Trust may relate to patients who became infected in, and were reported by, another Trust. Patients whose infections were acquired in one hospital, and were subsequently transferred to another hospital, either within the same Trust or to another Trust, may have been counted more than once.
	4. Many confounding factors will influence numbers within Trusts. For instance, Trusts with different clinical mixes and specialties will have different numbers of patients at high risk of MRSA infections. For example, a hospital with a specialised renal unit would treat high numbers of patients who are at increased risk of infection and re-infection.
	Source:
	Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre NI.

Police

Jeffrey M Donaldson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many times grievance procedures have been initiated by staff at the police training college in Northern Ireland in each year since 1998.

Shaun Woodward: I am advised 19 grievance procedures were initiated by staff attached to the police college in the period 1998 to present. The breakdown by year is as follows:
	
		
			  Number commenced 
		
		
			 1998 0 
			 1999 1 
			 2000 3 
			 2001 2 
			 2002 3 
			 2003 6 
			 2004 3 
			 2005(83) 1 
		
	
	(83) To date.

School Leavers

Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what percentage of school leavers in (a) the constituency of East Belfast and (b) in Northern Ireland as a whole entered higher education in each of the last four years.

Angela Smith: The percentage of school leavers entering higher education in each of the last four years is as follows:
	
		Percentage of school leavers entering higher education
		
			  East Belfast Northern Ireland 
		
		
			 2003–04 38.0 37.1 
			 2002–03 n/a n/a 
			 2001–02 36.0 35.5 
			 2000–01 32.6 33.3 
		
	
	n/a = not available

Tuberculosis

Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many notifications of tuberculosis in the Province there have been in each of the last (a) 10 years and (b) 12 months.

Shaun Woodward: Information on the number of cases of tuberculosis is not available on a monthly basis. Information for each of the last 10 years is detailed in the following table:
	
		
			  Tuberculosis 
		
		
			 2004(84) 84 
			 2003 57 
			 2002 67 
			 2001 55 
			 2000 51 
			 1999 57 
			 1998 66 
			 1997 70 
			 1996 78 
			 1995 84 
		
	
	(84) Figure for 2004 relating to tuberculosis is provisional.
	Source:
	Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre NI (CDSCNI), data are taken from the NI enhanced TB surveillance programme.
	Please note that figures may have changed since last reported due to CDSCNI undertaking a retrospective review of laboratory confirmed cases between 1994 and 2000.

Vehicle Excise Duty

Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many cars are taxed for road use in Northern Ireland; and what estimate he has made of the number avoiding payment of vehicle excise duty.

Angela Smith: At 31 December 2004, there were 736,706 cars licensed in Northern Ireland. In a survey of vehicle excise duty evasion carried out in 2004, the estimated evasion in traffic in the private and light goods tax classes (cars and light vans) in Northern Ireland was 6 per cent.

Warm Homes Scheme

Nigel Dodds: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assessment he has made of the merits of the extension of the Warm Homes Scheme to cover more categories of people in fuel poverty.

David Hanson: The Warm Homes Scheme is targeted to assist the most vulnerable members of our society in fuel poverty. Within its current budget allocation, any extension of the scheme beyond its current limits would, clearly, lessen its impact and effectiveness. I have no plans, therefore, to extend the scheme at present but I will continue to keep the situation under review.

Astroturf

Greg Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what safety guidelines the Government has issued in relation to the use of Astroturf pitches by children and young adults.

Richard Caborn: Sport England has produced guidance materials in partnership with the Sports and Play Construction Association (SAPCA) which define the standards considered acceptable for the procurement and construction of multi-use games areas and synthetic turf pitches. The guidance includes health and safety considerations and is primarily aimed at pitches designed for community use. The material complements existing technical guidance available from Sport England, SAPCA and the Governing Bodies of sport. The guidance is available on the Sport England website: www.sportengland.org/muga_part1.pdf. I am arranging for copies of the guidance to be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.

Digital Broadcasting

Michael Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will provide public funding to research and pilot local commercial media services on digital platforms.

James Purnell: The Government, jointly with Ofcom, has commissioned research into the economic sustainability of local television services on digital platforms. I have no plans to fund pilots of local commercial media services.

Lottery Awards

Mark Todd: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many Lottery awards have been made in coalfield local authority areas using the classification employed in Fair distribution of Lottery funding to coalfields and other areas for each year since 1997; how much was awarded to such areas in each year; what those figures represent per 10,000 population in each case; and if she will make a statement.

Richard Caborn: The information is given in the table. The figures are aggregates for the 11 coalfield local authority areas of Ashfield, Barnsley, Blyth Valley, Bolsover, Doncaster, Kirklees, Rotherham, St Helens, Wakefield, Wansbeck and Wigan.
	The information is derived from the Department's Lottery award database. This is searchable at www.lottery.culture.gsi.gov.uk, and uses information supplied by the Lottery distributors.
	
		
			  Number of awards Total value of awards (£000 rounded) Value of awards (£000, rounded) per 10,000 population (using 2001 Census figures) 
		
		
			 1997 327 55,247 244 
			 1998 163 21,778 96 
			 1999 642 45,792 203 
			 2000 915 25,937 115 
			 2001 852 45,931 203 
			 2002 1,013 86,378 382 
			 2003 1,044 58,722 260 
			 2004 955 46,061 204 
			 2005(85) 538 10,955 48 
		
	
	(85) To date.